If Paris, France has famous Love Lock way back 2008. Now the Philippines have its own version of Pont des Arts at The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Baclaran Church, Parañaque (South Area Manila).
Since the Love Lock Bridge in Paris, France already removed according to news, Philippines have a new attraction for those Filipino who wants to express their love to their special someone by hanging their own love lock, with initials or name and dedication message.
The love lock trend hit Paris in 2008. It involves lovers declaring their love by writing their initials or names on a padlock, fastening it to a bridge, fence, or gate, and then throwing its key into river below. This idea is about forever seal their love.
So where can we find it here in Philippines?
I myself intentionally visit The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Baclaran Church. To send my prayers to my families, friends and people who I really care for, my thankful messages, personal wishes and offering and light some candles as symbolize of hope. It’s time for me to feed my spiritual life to connect myself through God in traditional belief.
The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help also known as Redemptorist Church and colloquially the Baclaran Church, is a prominent Catholic National Shrine along Roxas Boulevard in Baclaran, Parañaque, a city within the southern part of Metro Manila, the Capital of the Philippines.
The shrine is one of the largest Marian churches in the Philippines and features the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help is popular amongst Filipino Catholics, and gave rise to the throngs of devotees who flood the church every Wednesday to attend Mass and pray the Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. In Manila, Wednesdays are popularly called "Baclaran Day" due to congested roads brought on by pilgrims to the shrine.
Glad its Saturday Afternoon so it’s not much crowded. I can really enjoy, going around and explore this miraculous Baclaran Church.
There is one landmark and interesting spot in BACLARAN CHURCH compound those continuously attracting visitors, tourists and most especially a couple who express their love to each other.
Now I need to check and witness this interesting attraction Love Lock fence.
The Love Lock fence is located near the second gate of the church, where you can also see the grotto which is a marker for St. Therese of Lisieux.
She is patron saint of aviators, florists, illnesses and missions, not of romantic love or marriage.
Church officials certainly don’t mind the misdirection. They have decided to keep the love locks, appropriating them as allegories for their homilies on marriage, and its lasting, binding nature.
On the corner side there’s also a fence with a small wishing pond where devotees throw coins for wishes, asking for healing prayer, for good life or for safe journey, it’s also the place where they thrown the keys of the padlock they hang in fence.
LOVE LOCKS symbolize a dedication of Lasting Love.
Although this modern era we can say that the population of single person is elevated at the moment and even the number of broken hearted people increase. That’s why there’s a lot of people feel cold and bitter about Love and never believe regards FOREVER.
The truth is no matter how hard to find and rare to have someone special in your life, LOVE is truly amazing; falling in love is wonderful feelings. It’s such an inspiration to live in this world. LOVE truly matters.
Personally I’ve been fall in love but sadly it’s failed. But it doesn’t mean that I need to get mad in the world and feel bitter because it really causes me so much pain and hurting inside. Imagine this Love Locks around that proves LOVE is important and precious. How many of us, you, I and other people believe that LOVE is so special while we are living in this world. It’s not only pertaining about loving someone, but also the love we have to our parents, family, friends, relatives, people we care, our self, nature, even love for animals and love for god. Love is universal it just a matter that we choose special love finding the pieces part of our heart as we called the love of our life.
To the special someone live in our heart. (The one and only). Which give us so much inspiration to be a better person.
And I do, I bring mine and hang my rosary and Love Lock dedicate to the recent person I was fall for. Even if he walk away from me, doesn’t prove that I’m not enough for his love, lessen his time and attention that makes me feel far away from him, even I fight for him but he didn’t do his part to fight for me and our relationship doesn’t work at all, the love I have for him is so special, I always include him in my prayers for his happiness, good health and find good life. I also made a Love Lock for him and to his beloved son as symbol of his undying love as a dedicated father. In which I adore to him the most (being a responsible man). Because I know how much his son really mean to him. And loving him continuously even in imaginary way is a symbol of my happiness inside my heart. And he is my happiness and I love him so much.
We failed, we lost, we got hurt and sometimes we never get what we want in our life. Because it’s for us to keep believing that God give us life to appreciate, learn and understand that there are great things destined for us but in the right time and right place. It is better one for sure.
So be thankful that we are not selfish and letting hatred win in our heart instead we choose to love by taking risk and love because we feel happy. And no matter what the result is in the end, it might be successful or failed, still we find the happiness and treasure sweet memories the moment our heart start to fall in love.
The truth is LOVE doesn’t need to lock; LOVE doesn’t need to hang but LOVE simply needs to be faithful, genuine, strong, take a good care, value and most of all LOVE need to express through actions.
Even I myself believe in LOVE. And admit that LOVE is special.
I don’t see anything wrong about this LOVE LOCK fence, I guess everyone have the right to express and show their devoted heart loving their partners, lover, husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend or special someone by doing this way. In fact it’s a proof that many of us believing that LOVE truly last.
If you have time to visit this Miraculous National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Baclaran Church be sure that your first priority is to offer prayers and light some candles, follow by your intention to hang your Love Lock in fence or flick coin in wishing pond. And it’s better for you to bring your own unique LOCK and marker to write your initials or name. But if you don’t have, on the side corner of second gate near in market there’s a lot of lock vendor waiting for you in the entrance.
Don’t forget to share stories with us once you visit the Baclaran Church. Always remember LOVE wins.
Enjoy hanging your LOVE LOCK in the fence.
Photo Credit: JazzrellRio Photography
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