i’m proud and glad to say that this has been the best procession that i
have been to–not just because of the fact that it ended before
darkness fell–but more importantly because i got the feeling that
‘lakas diay ko ni Lord’ 
picture this…
i woke up at around 12 noon, got dressed up, and left the house at about 2…
there was a roadblock at CCMC, and i had to walk from there to the
corner of Kingsmen Pharmacy, thinking to myself that the Senyor would
still be in the basilica at that time…only to find out that as i was
approaching the corner, the carrosa of the Senyor was already heading
towards my way…
so i didnt pass up the great oppurtunity, and i actually pushed myself
into the human barrier…i was able to get pass the barrier of NSTP
students blocking the sidewalk without any effort, but was stuck all
throughout the parade with the human chain surrounding the
carroza…but i just didnt want to give up…seems like the ‘bato
balani sa gugma’ got me magnetized…
despite the warnings and taunts of the officers asking us to keep away
from the cordon, i just didnt comply…i even remember saying defiant
lines to them such as "bisan pa ug pusilon ko ninyo dinhi, dili gyud ko
mohawa…tawo ra mo ug Ginoo ang akong gisundan…ang Kardinal ra
tingali ang makapahawa nako dinhi…" 
thus i walked just a few meters from the Senyor all throughout the rest
of the procession…daghan kaayo ug photo-op, too bad i didnt bring a
cam along…but the greatest thing that happened during my day didnt
take place until we reached the cathedral…although i was tempted to
step out of the procession so that i could check out
the museum, the draw of the ‘bato balani’ was just too irresitible…
and who would have thought, that after the procession went pass the
cathedral, and after the hermano and hermana, together with their
guests left the cordon, i was able to finally penetrate the human
barrier, and was able to walk unobstructed within the cordon…
i sped on without having to face any resistance through the now empty
street–cleared off of people so that the carroza may enter the gate of
the basilica–right into the outer court of the basilica, where no less
than the Cardinal himself and some other bishops were anticipating the
Senyor…i even remember seeing him look at me, maybe puzzled as to why
a civilian got through the cordon…and the knights of colombus and the
guards didnt even stop me…and thus when the Senyor finally came in
the outer court of the basilica, i was standing there a few meters from
the carozza and the Cardinal’s entourage…while the rest of the
devotees were ‘caged’ in the other side of the Pilgirim Center and were
not allowed to approach until the Senyor was safe inside the basilica…
miracle? i dont know about you…but for me…it truly was…
seems like the Little King has a special place in His heart for me after all…
and to cap the day, just as the entrance antiphon of Alleluia was being
sung, a rainbow appeared right over the main altar of the pilgrim
center…
a sign which, as interpreted by the celebrant Bishop Du, as God’s
promise, that He will never destroy our people…which inspired a
thunderous applause from the crowd more than any part of the Mass…
what a blessed day it was…
