A mellifluous voice of a four-year-old girl from Talisay City, Cebu stirred emotions among attendees of the first Novena Mass for the Santo Niño at the Basilica on January 11, 2024.

Ayanne Emmanuel del Rosario Cabanes sang “A Child’s Prayer” that tugged at heartstrings of around 200,000 devotees present at the Pilgrim Center of the Basilica del Santo Niño.

The song is composed by Katrina Viagedor and arranged by her husband, Jundel Bacalso.

The song is one of the finalists during the “13th Huniño” in August 2023 that won the Devotees Choice Award, interpreted by Rhythm & Music Choristers (RMC), the choir that served during the 5:30 p.m. Novena Mass.

RMC is the church choir of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Teresa de Avila in the City of Talisay.

Ayanne, whose parents and siblings are members of RMC, performed an ethereal rendition of the song during the 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass at the Basilica.