(Wikipedia Image, Creative Art: Mindanao Examiner)NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Jan) – Hundreds of Catholic devotees were flocking a small coastal village in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental where two images of Jesus Christ and an angel appeared on an old Acacia tree.
The image of Christ’s face first appeared late Monday and this was followed by another apparition of what witnesses claimed was an angel, complete with white wings, on a village called Poblacion in San Enrique town.
Since then, devotees have continuously flocked to the town, named after a Catholic saint, and bringing with them prayers and blessed candles and rosaries.
“I saw Christ’s face. I pray hard for miracles, for God to save us all from the fires of hell and everybody must repent for all their earthly sins,” said Saturnino Co, 64.
The man, quoting excerpts from the Bible, said the images were signs of that the second coming of Christ is near.
A local boy Ralph Torecilla reported seeing the image on the tree to his family and neighbors and the news spread like wildfire, driving hundreds of people, many curious by the apparition, to the area.
Church officials declined to give a statement about the supposed apparition, but this never stopped worshippers from lighting candles in front of the tree and pray for miracles.
San Enrique is situated at the southern portion of Negros Occidental. A fifth class type of municipality in the province and according to National Statistics Office that in the year 2000 the population of San Enrique already reached to 22,091.
Traders also spouted like mushrooms, selling almost anything associated with Christ to angel Gabriel, from a blessed candle to talisman to ward of evil to incantations to attract luck and money.
The Philippines is Asia’s only Catholic nation and Filipinos are traditionally superstitious and quick to believe in so-called stories of miracles and apparition and even leprechauns and fairies. (Mindanao Examiner)
The image of Christ’s face first appeared late Monday and this was followed by another apparition of what witnesses claimed was an angel, complete with white wings, on a village called Poblacion in San Enrique town.
Since then, devotees have continuously flocked to the town, named after a Catholic saint, and bringing with them prayers and blessed candles and rosaries.
“I saw Christ’s face. I pray hard for miracles, for God to save us all from the fires of hell and everybody must repent for all their earthly sins,” said Saturnino Co, 64.
The man, quoting excerpts from the Bible, said the images were signs of that the second coming of Christ is near.
A local boy Ralph Torecilla reported seeing the image on the tree to his family and neighbors and the news spread like wildfire, driving hundreds of people, many curious by the apparition, to the area.
Church officials declined to give a statement about the supposed apparition, but this never stopped worshippers from lighting candles in front of the tree and pray for miracles.
San Enrique is situated at the southern portion of Negros Occidental. A fifth class type of municipality in the province and according to National Statistics Office that in the year 2000 the population of San Enrique already reached to 22,091.
Traders also spouted like mushrooms, selling almost anything associated with Christ to angel Gabriel, from a blessed candle to talisman to ward of evil to incantations to attract luck and money.
The Philippines is Asia’s only Catholic nation and Filipinos are traditionally superstitious and quick to believe in so-called stories of miracles and apparition and even leprechauns and fairies. (Mindanao Examiner)
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