Cardinal Tagle pitches humility, spirituality to Nazarene devotees

Published January 9, 2015 5:40am

Turn to a life of humility and spirituality.

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle relayed this message to devotees of the Black Nazarene during the liturgical rites at the Quirino Grandstand before dawn Friday.

"Tumingala kay Hesus lumingon sa kanya at kasama nya yumuko. Gawing pattern of life of spirituality," GMA News' Vonne Aquino quoted Tagle as saying in his homily.

Devotees flocked to the Quirino Grandstand Thursday for the Pahalik and vigil, which precede the Traslacion where they accompay the image of their patron back to Quiapo Church.

Tagle said people cannot be merciful or compassionate if they cannot be humble. "Hindi kayang maging merciful and compassionate ang tao na hindi kayang bumaba para makipagkapwa-tao."

For this year, the Traslacion will follow a route from Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church, with a slight detour around Escolta due to a fire that hit a building there Wednesday.

A photo tweeted by GMA News' JP Soriano showed a part of Lawton going to McArthur bridge and España in Manila closed to traffic Thursday night.

Lawton going to Mc Arthur bridge & Espana Sta.Cruz in Manila are now closed to traffic for Feast of Nazareno pic.twitter.com/Z22E0UpWoK

— JP Soriano (@jpsoriano) Enero 8, 2015

Container vans were also placed at Escolta Street, where a predawn fire razed a building that used to house the City College of Manila on Wednesday.

As of early Friday, a portion of Roxas Boulevard near Quirino Grandstand was not passable as devotees camped out, dzBB's Agustin reported. — Joel Locsin/ELR, GMA News

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