“WOULD YOU WALK ON OUR SEA?” (Mk 6:45-52): 09 January 2008 (Black Nazerene of Quiapo, Wednesday)
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The Quiapo Church in Manila is home to the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, the life-sized, dark-skinned statue brought to the country from Mexico over 400 years ago. Today, the 9th of January, is the Feast of the Black Nazarene, as the image is more popularly known. The statue will be placed on a carriage and pulled through the streets of Quiapo by a rough exclusively-male procession.