The Nuestra Señora De Gracia Church

It's great to be back in one of the oldest church in the Philippines, the Nuestra Señora De Gracia Church located in Guadalupe, Makati City.

Yes, this is my second time to visit this church with an ancient architecture. The first visit was last January 2014 during the wedding of my college bestfriend Marfe Antonette Burmudo-Mallari.

After three years, Janury 29, 2017, I returned to this church but this time, for the baptismal of my new goddaughter, the second child of Marfe, Olivia Green!

Check out my souvenir postcard photos on this historic church below: 

This church is really rich in scenic views. Yeah, its perfect for photos and prenup videos! We can definitely add this to our travel collection!

Thank you to my long time college  friend Mau Cabo for capturing these beautiful shots using his professional camera.  02/10/2017 (RCB)  

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Happy Birthday Mama Mary!

Today, September 8, we are celebrating the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary! This occasion is called as the Nativity of Mary, or Birth of the Virgin Mary.

Well to give you a quick trivia about the birth of Mama Mary, Saint Anne & Saint Joachim are the parents of our Virgin Mary.

According to the Wikipedia, the tradition celebrates the event as a liturgical feast in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and in most Anglican liturgical calendars on 8 September, nine months after the solemnity of her Immaculate Conception, celebrated on 8 December. The Eastern Orthodox equivalent, the Nativity of the Theotokos pertains to the birth of the Virgin Mary in the Orthodox perspective.

Moreover, this feast, like that of the Assumption of Mary, originated in Jerusalem. It began in the fifth century as the feast of the Basilica Sanctae Mariae ubi nata est, now called the Basilica of Saint Anne. In the seventh century, the feast was celebrated by the Byzantines and at Rome as the feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast is also celebrated by Syrian Christians on 8 September and by Coptic Christians on May 9th (1 Bashans).

Apostolic tradition places Mary's birthplace either in the Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem, or in Tzippori, Israel, where Saint Anne once lived.

The whole country as well as the Catholic Churches around the world is now celebrating this divine event in the live of Mama Mary.

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday Mama Mary! c",)