The Lente season is as equally meaningful to the Filipinos as the Christmas. The Christian Filipinos memorialize the passion of Jesus Christ with as great sincerity and earnestness as His birth.

On the Ash Wednesday, the Catholics go to the church were a symbol of the cross is dented with ashes on their forehead. The chanting of the “Pasyon” or Passion of Christ in the native tongue of the different regions begins on Holy Week and is practiced at specific hours in the night. On the Holy Thursday, the chanting continues for the whole day and also through the evening until the next morning. And on Good Friday, the entire town is deep in reflection on the passion and death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Inside the Church and even outside, one can discern people as well as the whole families praying while tracing the Stations of the Cross.

Good Friday is also a day of fasting and repentance. A penance pretty common in the barrios is for a repentant to disguise his face with a black cloth and then walk down the streets hitting his back with thin bamboo sticks and as such until blood flows out of his wounds. In the afternoon, the devotees gather to church for the sermon on the Seven Last Words of Jesus.

The Easter Sunday is a significant day. The faithful wake up early in the morning for the “salubong,” Salubong is a re-enactment of the Risen Lord’s encounter with His Mother at dawn.

Honestly, there are still many more religious celebrations followed by the Catholics of the Philippines which differ from community and regions and all of like bestow honor and glory to Jesus Christ according to all Catholics faithful.

Indeed, Filipinos are known to be religious and faithful, whether they are Catholics and or from other religions groups. This religious groups are also contributes so much of their identity and culture as one country.