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PHL WYD delegation’s worship amazes int’l delegates
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MAGE, Brazil, July 20, 2013—The universal, magnetic experience of
God appeared to cross language and culture boundaries when a spontaneous
worship led by ECY Philippines delegates on morning of July 18 amazed
other international pilgrims staying in the same pre-World Youth Day
host community.
“‘Yung worship kanina was really overwhelming. The Lord is really
speaking, the Lord is really talking to us. ‘Yung mga taga-Venezuela,
taga-Panama, taga-Brazil, umiiyak at thankful sila, sinasabi nila, ‘In
Brazil, we don’t have anything like this.’” Jose Villa, who led the
worship, said in an interview.
Language, not a hindrance
The CFC-Youth for Family and Life (CFC-YFL) sub-group decided to have
worship, a charismatic form of prayer with songs and vocal praising,
while waiting for the bus that would bring the delegates to the decanato
for a whole day activity.
Initially, only the 48 Filipino pilgrims staying at the community of
Parroquia Nossa Senhora da Guia participated in the worship that lasted
for 15 minutes.
At the end of the worship, most of the other pilgrims from Venezuela,
Panama, including Brazilian pre-WYD parish volunteers joined in despite
not understanding English.
Very Emotional
“It was very emotional because even the brothers and sisters who were
not able to understand [English]…They realized it was a prayer, na
amaze sila, (they were amazed),” Teny Mardo, an CFC – SFL pilgrim
proficient in Spanish, said in an interview.
According to Mardo, who was able to talk to several pilgrims in their
native Spanish language, several pilgrims had already approached her to
say that they observed and were touched by how the Filipino pilgrims
close their eyes in sincere prayer with some even crying.
One hundred seventy three pilgrims from ECY – Philippines, the
official WYD delegation of the country, are participating in the Semana
Missionaria (Missionary Week) in three different parishes in the Diocese
of Petropolis, almost an hour’s drive from Rio de Janeiro. [Nirva'ana
Ella Delacruz]
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