Filipino Catholics trooped to churches before dawn on Saturday for the last of the nine-day Simbang Gabi before Christmas Day.
At the St. Peter Parish on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City, the crowd spilled beyond the doors for the Mass, according to a report by Jonathan Andal on Dobol B TV.
Many of those who attended Saturday's Simbang Gabi were youths. Those who completed the whole nine-day dawn Masses said they were happy and grateful that they were able to fulfill tradition, and are hoping their prayers would be granted. Meanwhile, those who were not able to complete the nine-day Simbang Gabi said they still attended the Mass on Saturday to thank God for His blessings.
With the end of Simbang Gabi, vendors of puto bumbong and bibingka, traditional rice cakes sold outside churches during this time, said they would go back to their usual livelihood. One said he will continue being a tricycle driver, while another vendor said he will go back to selling religious items.
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