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EL SALVADOR     

NOPE! It’s not the one where millions and millions of people come and enjoy the magnificent El Savador Statue at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! For Jesus Christ sake, El Savadorians made me having goose bumps throughout my visitation period at their 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue overlooking Macajalar Bay and serves as a pilgrimage site for the devotees of the Divine Mercy and situated on 11.8 hectares! YES! PSB-Ulaliman, El Salvador of Misamis Oriental is, indeed, one of the nation’s prides.

The Archdiocesan Shrine of Divine Mercy was inaugurated last September 8, 2008 concurrent to the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, D.D. Sculpted by Mr. Nick Reyes (Professional Fee =  ₱250,000.00), Fine Arts Graduate in UP, is from Angeles City,Pampanga.

The halo of the 50-foot Divine Mercy Statue (costed  ₱22,000,000.00) is a stained glass. The blood and water which flowed out from the heart of Jesus are alternating  stained glass and tiles. At the heart is a hidden niche with a life-size-statue of Saint Sister Faustina. Engraved lettering that reads “JESUS I TRUST IN YOU” and a cascading water can be found at the base-foot. The healing chapel, rated   ₱5,000,000.00, is also found at the base of the Divine Mercy Statue. On one side is the little-larger-than-life statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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For more information about the Divine Mercy Shrine contact Divine Mercy Hills Office at cellularphone number (+63)908-4375762 or visit their website at Divine Mercy Hills.

I’ve already visited lots of golden-aged historical churches over the past few years during my trips but this Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Mercy  bequeathed me a different kind of feeling where it leaves a holy phenomenon on how tall or big or infinite Jesus Christ is – maybe as tall as the Burj Al Arab Tower in Dubai, or as big as Pacific Ocean, or even maybe as infinite as the universe. No one actually knows.

At the end of the day, this jaunt gave me a realization that somewhere out there and sometime in our future, let’s say, life after death, we all want to live joyously forever with Our Lord Jesus Christ at The Kingdom of Heaven.

Oh, this Asian gay can be so religious and profound, sometimes!

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