We sometimes get lost in our frenetic rush to get to places. We take detours, side alleys and new thoroughfares hoping we'd get there faster. But isn't life a disconsolate excuse of existence when we haven't enough time to look back and contemplate or enjoy a moment of pleasure a minute longer? This is the reason why we love those holes-in-the-wall, hidden enclaves far from the all the chaos of the urban life. A few days ago, we found Holy Family Chapel somewhere at the vicinity of Eastwood Mall.
I sneaked inside and found a group partaking novena (a devotion consisting of a prayer repeated on nine successive days, asking to obtain special graces). I silently took a seat somewhere at the back, enjoying the cool air inside, It was a small chapel with an unmistakable air of intimacy. Perfect place to say my prayer. So I did. Prayers provide a degree of catharsis for me, a feeling of spiritual lightness, and I am one to admit I am not the most religious of Catholics around. The agnostics the world over may look for a more tangible proof of the existence of a higher being, but isn't it proof enough that we are alive and breathing? You have to believe in something. Otherwise, your existence would run parallel to the essence of a rock - a mere inanimate object that ends its "life" when it crumbles into pieces of dust. Then nothingness follows. Are we then fated to oblivion? I shiver at the thought.
This is the Eye in the Sky!
Mass Schedule:
Monday to Friday : 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
Saturday : 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Sunday : 11:00 am to 12:00 nn
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
6:15 pm to 7:00 pm
The view outside the facade - Eastwood Palazzo (a block beside Eastwood Mall).
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