tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post7962701033341895001..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: The difference with blessings of the ordained and blessing of the laityPedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-84279548535292156222013-05-30T22:13:15.373+08:002013-05-30T22:13:15.373+08:00One thing I'd like to note/ask, though: is the...One thing I'd like to note/ask, though: is the "pagmamano" really considered a Filipino Catholic tradition? I once saw a documentary shot in Turkey and in a number of passages, some Turks also do the same gesture as an act of deference/respect for elders. (Apparently, it's also a gesture that is practiced in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, see: http://www.helium.com/items/2420048-kissing-customs-across-the-world). Since parts of the Philippines were predominantly Islamic until the arrival of Magellan, it might be possible that the early Filipinos might have been doing this gesture, and the practice persisted even upon the introduction of Catholicism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-49513187552410338722013-05-30T20:50:58.317+08:002013-05-30T20:50:58.317+08:00Thank You!! And AMEN!!! And if they ask why you di...Thank You!! And AMEN!!! And if they ask why you didn't extend your hands tell them that you're not ordained and have not the right to, nor is it proper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com