Xmas countdown: September 2, 113 days to go! Simbang Gabi (Filipino:
Night Mass; Spanish: Misa de Gallo, "Rooster's Mass") is a novena of
dawn Masses from 16 December to Christmas Eve. The Simbang Gabi is
practised mainly by Catholic and Aglipayans, with some Evangelical
Christian and independent Protestant churches having adopted the
practise of having pre-Christmas dawn services. Attending the Masses is
meant to show devotion to God and heightened anticipation for Christ's
birth, and folk belief holds that God grants the special wish of a
devotee that hears all nine Masses.
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