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Simbang Gabi at Quiapo Church

- Vernadette Joven -
December 17, 2009 | 8:05am

MANILA, Philippines  -- Simbang Gabi, or Midnight Mass celebrated in all Philippine churches everyday for nine days at around 4 a.m. starting Dec. 16, is a tradition started during the Spanish colonial period. Among Catholics, the belief is that if a person completes the nine consecutive Midnight Masses (or Misa de Gallo in Spanish), one will be rewarded with blessings from  God, usually a wish granted.

The Simbang Gabi is usually followed by a breakfast of Filipino food including puto bumbong or bibingka with tsokolate or salabat.

AMONG CATHOLICS

AMP

GALLO

MIDNIGHT MASS

MIDNIGHT MASSES

MISA

NAME

PARAM

SIMBANG GABI

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