Penafrancia Celebration at Brgy. Bagumbuhay

I attended an anticipated mass last Saturday celebrating the Feast Day of Our Lady of Penafrancia. Most of the attendees at the event hailed from or can trace their roots to the province of Bicol which is devoted to Mother Mary. The sermon was a usual story with the usual lessons about being close to the Mother, delivered by a usual priest, except this one was from the Bicol region too. There was food after the mass and everyone was calm bee-lining for the caterer's long table. It was particularly humid that night and you can see mosquitoes hovering around people's legs. Unfortunately, I was in shorts and had to keep swatting the bugs away with a brown envelope.