This February 2, 2019 file photo shows cops assisting devotees of Our Lady of Candles at Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City Saturday. Devotees flock to the February 2 religious fiesta honoring the patroness saint of Western Visayas region.
The miraculous image of Our Lady of Candles was canonically crowned by Saint John Paul II on his first visit to the country in 1981. It is enshrined at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral which was declared a national shrine during the Feast of Our Lady of Candles in 2012. Meanwhile, devotees of Our Lady of Candles in Metro Manila traditionally visit and pray before her image enshrined at the Presentation of the Child Jesus Parish in BF Homes, Parañaque City and at the San Fernando de Dilao Parish in Paco, Manila.
Mass readings and reflections will focus on an early episode in the life of Jesus when He was brought to the temple in Jerusalem by His parents, St. Joseph, His foster father, and the Blessed Mother, to be consecrated to the Lord in accordance with the Jewish Law.
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