Mabuhay!
There are many who are unable to participate in the Holy Week tradition of visiting 7 Churches and doing the Way of the Cross, for all sorts of reasons.
Some may be far from home in the Americas, in the Middle East, Europe, Asia or elsewhere around the world, while others are confined to their homes due to old age or illness and still others may be at work.
We have therefore prepared a small touch of home for Holy Week to offer you the opportunity to visit 7 historic churches on Panay Island and elsewhere with two Stations of the Way of the Cross at each church to help with your Holy Week observances.
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Visita Iglesia 2013
1. Visitas Iglesias 2013
proudly brought to you by:
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A visit of 7 old, historic churches
on Panay Island, Philippines
for Holy Week 2013
2. Mabuhay!
There are many who are unable to participate in the Holy Week tradition of
visiting 7 Churches and doing the Way of the Cross, for all sorts of reasons.
Some may be far from home in the Americas, in the Middle East, Europe, Asia
or elsewhere around the world, while others are confined to their homes due to old
age or illness and still others may be at work.
We have therefore prepared a small touch of home for Holy Week to offer you the
opportunity to visit 7 historic churches on Panay Island and elsewhere with two
Stations of the Way of the Cross at each church to help with your Holy Week
observances.
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3. This year we have selected these old and historic churches to visit in Panay for
Easter Week 2013.
1. St. Monica Church, Pan-ay, Capiz
2. St Anthony of Padua Church, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
3. St Anne Church, Molo, Iloilo
4. St Barbara Church, Santa Barbara, Iloilo
5. Immaculate Conception Church, Calinog, Iloilo
6. St John the Baptist Church, Dingle, Iloilo
7. Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Stations of the Way of Cross were photographed at
St Julian of Cuenca Church, Janiuay, Iloilo
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4. Preparatory Prayer::
O most merciful Jesus, with a contrite heart and penitent spirit, I bow down in profound
humility before Your divine majesty. I adore You as my supreme Lord and Master; I believe in
You, I hope in You, I love You above all things. I am heartily sorry for having offended You,
my Supreme and Only Good. I resolve to amend my life, and although I am unworthy to
obtain mercy, yet the sight of Your holy cross, on which You died, inspires me with hope and
consolation. I will, therefore, meditate on Your sufferings, and visit the stations of Your
Passion in company with Your sorrowful Mother and my guardian angel, with the intention of
promoting Your honour and saving my soul.
I desire to gain all the indulgences granted for this holy exercise for myself and for the Poor
Souls in Purgatory. O merciful Redeemer, who has said, "And I, if I be lifted from earth, will
draw all things to Myself," draw my heart and my love to You, that I may perform this devotion
as perfectly as possible, and that I may live and die in union with You.
Amen.
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7. First Station: THE LAST SUPPER
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8. First Station: THE LAST SUPPER
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O innocent Jesus, having sinned, I am guilty
You, because by Your holy cross You have of eternal death, but You willingly accepted
redeemed the world. the unjust sentence of death, that I might
live. For whom, then, shall I henceforth live, if
Meditation: not for You, my Lord? Should I desire to
Jesus, most innocent, who neither did nor please men, I could not be Your servant. Let
could commit a sin, was condemned to me, therefore, rather displease men and all
death, and moreover, to the most the world, than not please You, O Jesus.
ignominious death of the cross. To remain a Lord Jesus, crucified, have mercy on us!
friend of Caesar, Pilate delivered Him into
the hands of His enemies. A fearful crime, to Recite:
Recite
condemn Innocence to death, and to offend • Our Father, who art in heaven…
God in order not to displease men! • Hail Mary full of Grace…
• Glory Be to the Father…
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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9. Second Station: THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
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10. Second Station: THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O my Jesus, I cannot be Your friend and
You, because by Your holy cross You have follower, if I refuse to carry the cross. O
redeemed the world. dearly beloved cross! I embrace you, I kiss
you, I joyfully accept you from the hands of
Meditation: my God. Far be it from me to glory in
When our divine Saviour beheld the cross, anything, save in the cross of my Lord and
He most willingly stretched out His bleeding Redeemer. By it the world shall be crucified
arms, lovingly embraced it, and tenderly to me and I to the world, that I may be Yours
kissed it, and placing it on His bruised forever.
shoulders, He, although almost exhausted,
joyfully carried it. Recite:
• Our Father, who art in heaven…
• Hail Mary full of Grace…
• Glory Be to the Father…
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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11. St Anthony of Padua Church,
Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
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13. Third Station: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
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14. Third Station: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O my Jesus, You did bear my burden and
You, because by Your holy cross You have the heavy weight of my sins. Should I, then,
redeemed the world. not bear in union with You, my easy burden
of suffering and accept the sweet yoke of
Meditation:
Meditation You commandments? Your yoke is sweet
Our dear Savior, carrying the cross, and Your burden is light: I therefore willingly
was so weakened by its heavy weight accept it. I will take up my cross and follow
as to fall exhausted to the ground. Our You.
sins and misdeeds were the heavy
Recite:
Recite
burden which oppressed Him: the • Our Father, who art in heaven…
cross was to Him light and sweet, but • Hail Mary full of Grace…
our sins were galling and • Glory Be to the Father…
insupportable.
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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15. Fourth Station: THE CROWNING OF THORNS
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16. Fourth Station: THE CROWNING OF THORNS
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus, O Mary, I am the cause of the great
You, because by Your holy cross You have and manifold pains which pierce your loving
redeemed the world. hearts! Oh, that also my heart would feel and
experience at least some of your sufferings!
Meditation:
Meditation O Mother of Sorrows, let me participate in
How painful and how sad it Must have been the sufferings which you and your Son
for Mary, the sorrowful Mother, to behold endured for me, and let me experience your
her beloved Son, laden with the burden of sorrow, that afflicted with you, I may enjoy
the cross! What unspeakable pangs her your assistance in the hour of my death.
most tender heart experienced! How
earnestly did she desire to die in place of Recite:
Recite
Jesus, or at least with Him! Implore this • Our Father, who art in heaven…
sorrowful Mother that she assist you in the • Hail Mary full of Grace…
hour of your death. • Glory Be to the Father…
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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17. St Anne Church, Molo, Iloilo
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19. Fifth Station: JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS
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20. Fifth Station: JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus! Whosoever does not take up his
You, because by Your holy cross You have cross and follow You is not worthy of You.
redeemed the world. Behold, I join You in the Way of Your Cross; I
will be Your assistant, following Your bloody
Meditation:
Meditation footsteps, that I may come to You in eternal
Simon of Cyrene was compelled to help life.
Jesus carry His cross, and Jesus accepted
his help. How willingly would He also permit Recite:
you to carry the cross: He calls, but you • Our Father, who art in heaven…
hear Him not; He invites you, but you • Hail Mary full of Grace…
decline. What a reproach, to bear the cross • Glory Be to the Father…
reluctantly!
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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22. Sixth Station: JESUS FALLS
Adoration: Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise Most merciful Jesus! What return shall I make
You, because by Your holy cross You have for all the benefits You have bestowed upon
redeemed the world. me? Behold I consecrate myself entirely to
Your service. I offer and consecrate to You
Meditation: my heart: imprint on it Your sacred image,
Veronica, impelled by devotion and never again to be effaced by sin.
compassion, presents her veil to Jesus to
wipe His disfigured face. And Jesus imprints Recite:
on it His holy countenance: a great • Our Father, who art in heaven…
recompense for so small a service. What • Hail Mary full of Grace…
return to you make to your Savior for His • Glory Be to the Father…
great and manifold benefits?
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us.
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23. Santa Barbara Church,
Santa Barbara, Iloilo
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25. Seventh Station: SIMON HELPS JESUS
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26. Seventh Station: SIMON HELPS JESUS
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!
You, because by Your holy cross You have Offer me Your helping hand, and aid me, that
redeemed the world. I may not fall again into my former sins. From
this very moment, I will earnestly strive to
Meditation: reform: nevermore will I sin! You, O sole
The suffering Jesus, under the weight of His support of the weak, by Your grace, without
cross, again falls to the ground; but the cruel which I can do nothing, strengthen me to
executioners do not permit Him to rest a carry out faithfully this my resolution.
moment. Pushing and striking Him, they
urge Him onward. It is the frequent Recite:
repetition of our sins which oppress Jesus. • Our Father, who art in heaven…
Witnessing this, how can I continue to sin? • Hail Mary full of Grace…
• Glory Be to the Father…
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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27. Eighth Station: THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
WEEP OVER JESUS
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28. Eighth Station: THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
WEEP OVER JESUS
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus, Who shall give to my eyes a torrent
You, because by Your holy cross You have of tears, that day and night I may weep for
redeemed the world. my sins? I beseech You, through Your bitter
and bloody tears, to move my heart by Your
Meditation:
Meditation divine grace, so that from my eyes tears may
These devoted women, moved by flow abundantly, and that I may weep all my
compassion, weep over the suffering Savior. days over Your sufferings, and still more over
But He turns to them, saying: "Weep not for their cause, my sins.
Me, Who am innocent, but weep for
yourselves and for your children." Weep Recite:
thou also, for there is nothing more pleasing • Our Father, who art in heaven…
to Our Lord and nothing more profitable for • Hail Mary full of Grace…
thyself, than tears shed from contrition for • Glory Be to the Father…
thy sins.
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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31. Ninth Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
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32. Ninth Station: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise Most merciful Jesus, I return You infinite
You, because by Your holy cross You have thanks for not permitting me to continue in
redeemed the world. sin and to fall, as I have so often deserved,
into the depths of Hell. Enkindle in me an
Meditation:
Meditation earnest desire of amendment; let me never
Jesus, arriving exhausted at the foot of again relapse, but vouchsafe me the grace to
Calvary, falls for the third time to the ground. persevere in penance to the end of my life.
His love for us, however, is not diminished,
not extinguished. What a fearfully Recite:
oppressive burden our sins must be to • Our Father, who art in heaven…
cause Jesus to fall so often! Had He, • Hail Mary full of Grace…
however, not taken them upon Himself, they • Glory Be to the Father…
would have plunged us into the abyss of
Hell. Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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34. Tenth Station: THE REPENTANT THIEF
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise Induce me, O Jesus, to lay aside my former
You, because by Your holy cross You have self and to be renewed according to Your will
redeemed the world. and desire. I will not spare myself, however
painful this should be for me: despoiled of
Meditation:
Meditation things temporal, of my own will, I desire to
When Our Savior had arrived on Calvary, die, in order to live for You forever.
He was cruelly despoiled of His garments.
How painful this must have been because
they adhered to His wounded and torn body, Recite:
and with them parts of His bloody skin were • Our Father, who art in heaven…
removed! All the wounds of Jesus were • Hail Mary full of Grace…
renewed. Jesus was despoiled of His • Glory Be to the Father…
garments that He might die possessed of
nothing; how happy will I also die after Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
laying aside my former self with all evil
desires and sinful inclinations!
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35. St John the Baptist Church, Dingle, Iloilo
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37. Eleventh Station: MARY AND JOHN
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38. Eleventh Station: MARY AND JOHN
Adoration:
Adoration Prayer:
Prayer
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus, gracious Lamb of God, I renounce
You, because by Your holy cross You have forever my impatience. Crucify, O Lord, my
redeemed the world. flesh and its concupiscence's; scourge,
scathe and punish me in this world, do but
Meditation:
Meditation spare me in the next. I commit my destiny to
Jesus, being stripped of His garments, was You, resigning myself to You holy will: may it
violently thrown upon the cross and His be done in all things!
hands and feet nailed thereto. In such
excruciating pains He remained silent, Recite:
because it pleased His heavenly Father. He • Our Father, who art in heaven…
suffered patiently, because He suffered for • Hail Mary full of Grace…
me. How do I act in sufferings and in • Glory Be to the Father…
troubles? How fretful and impatient, how full
of complaints I am! Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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39. Twelfth Station: JESUS IS RAISED UPON
THE CROSS AND DIES
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40. Twelfth Station: JESUS IS RAISED UPON
THE CROSS AND DIES
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O most amiable Jesus! Who will grant me
You, because by Your holy cross You have that I may die for You! I will at least endeavor
redeemed the world. to die to the world. How must I regard the
world and its vanities, when I behold You
Meditation: hanging on the cross, covered with wounds?
Behold Jesus crucified! Behold His wounds, O Jesus, receive me into Your wounded
received for love of you! His whole Heart: I belong entirely to You; for You alone
appearance betokens love: His head is bent do I desire to live and to die.
to kiss you; His arms are extended to
embrace you; His Heart is open to receive Recite:
you. O superabundance of love, Jesus, the • Our Father, who art in heaven…
Son of God, dies upon the cross, that man • Hail Mary full of Grace…
may live and be delivered from everlasting • Glory Be to the Father…
death!
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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43. Thirteenth Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS, IS
PLACED IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER & LAID IN THE TOMB
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44. Thirteenth Station: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS IS
PLACED IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER & LAID IN THE TOMB
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Lord Jesus, Your lifeless body, mangled
You, because by Your holy cross You have and lacerated, found a worthy resting place
redeemed the world. on the bosom of Your virgin Mother. Have I
not often compelled You to dwell in my heart,
Meditation: full of sin and impurity as it was? Create in
Jesus did not descend from the cross but me a new heart, that I may worthily receive
remained on it until He died. And when Your most sacred body in Holy Communion,
taken down from it, He in death as in life, and that You may remain in me and I in You
rested on the bosom of His divine Mother. for all eternity.
Persevere in your resolutions of reform and
do not part from the cross; he who Recite:
persevereth to the end shall be saved. • Our Father, who art in heaven…
Consider, moreover, how pure the heart • Hail Mary full of Grace…
should be that receives the body and blood • Glory Be to the Father…
of Christ in the Adorable Sacrament of the
Altar. Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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45. Fourteenth Station: JESUS RISES FROM THE DEAD
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46. Fourteenth Station: JESUS RISES FROM THE DEAD
Adoration: Prayer:
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise O Jesus, You have set me apart from the
You, because by Your holy cross You have world; what, then, shall I seek therein? You
redeemed the world. have created me for Heaven; what then have
I to do with the world? Depart from me,
Meditation: deceitful world, with your vanities! Henceforth
The body of Jesus is interred in a stranger's I will follow the Way of the Cross traced out
sepulchre. He who in this world had not for me by my Redeemer, and journey onward
whereupon to rest His head, would not even to my heavenly home, there to dwell forever
have a grave of His own, because He was and ever.
not from this world. You, who are so
attached to the world, henceforth despise it, Recite:
that you may not perish with it. • Our Father, who art in heaven…
• Hail Mary full of Grace…
• Glory Be to the Father…
Jesus Christ, crucified, have mercy on us
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47. Closing Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, merciful Father, who has given to the human race Your beloved
Son as an example of humility, obedience and patience to precede us on the way of life,
bearing the cross. Graciously grant us that we, inflamed by His infinite love, may take up the
sweet yoke of His Gospel together with the mortification of the cross, following Him as His
true disciples, so that we shall one day gloriously rise with Him and joyfully hear the final
sentence: "Come, you blessed of My Father, and possess the kingdom which was prepared
for you from the beginning," where You live and reign with the Son and the Holy Ghost, and
where we hope to live with You, world without end.
Amen.
Saint Francis of Assisi
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48. Thank you being with us for our Visitas Iglesias 2013. We hope that you found it
valuable and spiritually fulfilling.
If you wish to obtain a copy of Visitas Iglesias 2013 for your own personal use or to
send to a friend at home or someone else who may be housebound and not able
to do the Visitas Iglesias themselves, in person, simply send us a regular e-mail to:
visits@historicphilippines.com and we will send a free copy for your personal,
non-commercial use. No charge, no obligation…
Alternatively, you may wish to pay a more extensive visit to one or more of the
churches in the Visitas. If so, go the sections titled: Churches Bk 2 and Churches
Bk 3 on our website at: www.historicphilippines.com where you will find a complete
visit to each of today’s churches which includes the history of the churches and so
many more fantastic and beautiful photos of each.
HistoricPhilippines is a superb reminder of home anytime you’re feeling like a visit
home, visit your home town church…with HistoricPhilippines.Com it’s almost like
being there.
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49. In the past year historicphilippines.com has visited and reported on the
following churches on Panay Island.
St Tomas of Villanueva, Miagao Immaculate Conception, Calinog
St John of Sahagun, Tigbauan St Nicholas of Tolentino, Lambunao
St Nicholas of Tolentino, Guimbal St John the Baptist, Igbaras
San Joaquin, San Joaquin St John of Nepumuceno, Anini-Y
Immaculate Conception, Oton St Monica, Pan-ay
St Catherine of Alexandria, Leon Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa
St Julian of Cuenca, Janiuay St Augustine, Ermita & Dumangas
St William, Passi City St Anne, Molo
St. Thomas of Villanueva, Alimodian St Anthony of Padua, Barotac Nuevo
St John the Baptist, Dingle Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
St Jerome, Duenas St Vincent Ferrer, Leganes
St Nicholas of Tolentino, Cabatuan
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50. In the coming year, we plan on adding one church every month, so keep a
close watch on the website, we think you’ll like what we plan for the future.
Here are some of the churches we will be adding soon:
Sto Nino de Arevalo, Arevalo Most Holy Name of Jesus, Buenavista
St Rita of Cascia, Anilao St. John the Baptist, Jordan
St Michael the Archangel, San Miguel St. Isidore the Worker, Navalas
St John the Baptist, Banate Our Lady of Candles Cathedral, Jaro
St James the Greater, Maasin and many, many more
Sts Peter & Paul, Barotac Viejo
If you have suggestions or ideas on what churches we should visit or in
what order you’d like to read about them then send us an e-mail to:
visits@historicphilippines.com
We welcome your ideas or comments
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