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00:00 [Volcanic eruption]
00:05 In 1991, the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century occurred in Tinaguri.
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00:15 It left hundreds of dead and more than 200,000 families without a home.
00:23 We are all white and we are poor.
00:26 The children are crying.
00:28 This is the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
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00:33 Volcanologists say the danger of another big eruption could well be passed.
00:38 But there's another danger they have to contend with now.
00:42 Deadly mud flows which they call lahar.
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00:46 Many provinces in Luzon were submerged in lahar,
00:50 including the town of Florida Blanca in Pampanga.
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01:00 But some Florida Blanca residents believe that the reason why the nature is like a giant.
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01:09 A few months before the eruption of Pinatubo, their holy child was stolen.
01:17 They say the child was stolen, so the volcano erupted.
01:22 We were rained with sand and then ashfall.
01:24 Our church was in a state of shock.
01:27 It was a miracle that our parish priest was saved.
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01:32 The child was stolen by the Father Sr. Santonino de San Jose of Florida Blanca.
01:38 In 1867, he was cut with a 20-inch knife made of wood and wearing a crown.
01:46 He was a partner of another saint who was displayed next to him on the altar,
01:52 Saint Jose, who was his hand-holder.
01:56 In 1991, he was last seen by the caretaker of the Church of St. Joseph the Worker, Arnel.
02:02 On Saturday, after the wedding, we went back to the convent to eat.
02:07 We didn't close the church.
02:08 When I looked at them, I saw that they were missing.
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02:13 Arnel's doubt was that the theft of the saint was a ploy.
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02:19 There were four men, not from Florida.
02:22 I suspect that they were the ones who took it.
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02:26 After two days, it spread to the whole of Florida.
02:29 The saint was missing.
02:31 I was also there because I was the first to see it.
02:34 We were all absented from the church until we saw the saint.
02:38 They say that on that year, many people were taking antique images.
02:44 Others were taking old images because of another sect.
02:51 You were sad because you lost a brother or a friend.
02:55 To exchange the stolen image, the church had a replica of a child made.
03:02 During high school, my teacher assigned me to clean St. Jose's grave.
03:10 At that time, I was cleaning his grave.
03:13 The child was with him.
03:16 The child's hand was raised.
03:18 It was as if the child was saying, "Don't touch me."
03:21 There was a little bit of that longing that one day, if I die, he will come back.
03:30 Many years passed.
03:32 The people of Florida Blanca did nothing but hope that one day, their child will also return.
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03:43 Until a while ago, Duke was a student who was also a devotee of St. Jose.
03:48 While browsing online, he noticed something.
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03:55 An antique image.
03:57 I saw it. It looked familiar, but I wasn't sure.
04:00 So I messaged my teacher, "Is this what you're missing?"
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04:06 Duke immediately called Albert, his former teacher.
04:10 He said, "I think I saw what you're missing, your saint."
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04:18 When he sent the photo, it felt different.
04:21 It was like a divine intervention.
04:24 Although they have a strong connection, it's been three decades since they've lost their image.
04:31 Duke and Albert are not 100% sure.
04:35 We asked if your grandchild has close-up photos.
04:39 They couldn't provide because he was always there.
04:43 He was on the retablo.
04:45 I have a secret in removing it.
04:47 When you place your saint on a vase, there should be a hole.
04:51 The screw should go through that hole to lock the saint.
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04:57 There was only one way to confirm their guess.
05:01 They needed to have the image.
05:04 So Duke immediately messaged the picker.
05:08 He didn't reply.
05:09 Then I told him, "Stay put. I'll run to the church.
05:13 I'll go to St. Jose.
05:14 I'll pray that if that's his child, I hope he can return it to us."
05:20 Until the picker replied.
05:22 He explained that they didn't steal the image.
05:26 He said that he just gave it to him.
05:28 I opened it when I posted that a Saint was missing in Florida, Blancra.
05:35 At first, he was surprised.
05:36 The picker went to the houses of the sellers.
05:40 They were also looking for possible clients.
05:44 From Pampanga, Albert went to Manila to get the image.
05:49 It's like a dream.
05:51 When your eyes and mine were correct,
05:54 I was really shaking.
05:59 What I told him during the day,
06:01 I'm 80% sure that he's our grandchild.
06:08 But when I saw him,
06:10 when his eyes and mine were correct,
06:13 I am 100% sure that he's the one who returned it.
06:17 The picker said that he returned it the next day.
06:23 But on one condition.
06:25 If they can pay for it.
06:27 I was also thinking of a way to pay for the price.
06:32 I asked my colleagues at work if they have any savings.
06:36 But there's none.
06:38 We don't have any funds.
06:40 Doc Paul volunteered that the money he used to get the image
06:47 will come from him.
06:49 Brother Albert was lucky that Paul
06:52 answered the payment.
06:55 It's my own money, my savings.
06:57 It's very important.
06:59 As a member of Florida Blanca,
07:01 it's one of the oldest things in the Church.
07:04 We're on our way home.
07:07 Thank you so much, dear Lord.
07:10 God bless us.
07:12 Thank God for this beautiful day.
07:18 Actually, a lot of elders here in Florida Blanca
07:22 when they see him,
07:24 they say, "That's him."
07:26 Deep within here, in their hearts,
07:29 the elders really say that he's the one you lost.
07:34 If we measure St. Joseph,
07:37 his hand that's like that,
07:38 that's 20 inches.
07:42 Let's try.
07:43 So we'll put it on St. Joseph's foot.
07:48 And then we'll measure it going up.
07:51 So there, that's 20 inches.
07:54 On the first day of November,
07:59 for the feast of St. Joseph,
08:02 after more than three decades,
08:04 our Lord St. Nino de San Jose of Florida Blanca
08:09 is now home with his true identity.
08:14 Thank you, Lord.
08:16 Thank you, Lord.
08:17 Thank you, Lord.
08:18 Bless you.
08:19 Bless you.
08:19 Thank you, Lord.
08:21 For the original one,
08:23 I'm so thankful.
08:27 Oh, my God.
08:30 Thank you, Lord, for the gift.
08:33 It's a great gift.
08:35 I didn't expect it.
08:37 It's a divine providence.
08:40 Of course, there's a sense of completeness.
08:43 Because how can you call it a holy family
08:46 if the important thing is that the child is not there?
08:49 St. Joseph has an X-shaped fold.
08:53 Your grandchild has a full X-shaped fold.
08:58 Even after the back portion.
09:01 The real test, if he's the grandchild of St. Nino,
09:08 if he's placed next to St. Joseph,
09:12 St. Joseph's gaze and Nino's gaze will meet.
09:17 And when they placed the image of the Child Jesus
09:20 in the image of St. Joseph,
09:25 the measurements, form, and gaze of each other
09:33 will be perfect.
09:34 Look at the X-shaped fold.
09:37 Same style.
09:39 The story of the fold of his hair,
09:43 it's the same.
09:44 Look at this.
09:46 There.
09:48 It's so fun. I'm excited.
09:52 It will be a very, very hard process
09:56 to remove your grandchild,
09:58 to position the original.
10:00 He's not allowed to leave yet.
10:03 The saints, they are locked up.
10:07 [Chanting]
10:15 The Lord, in any ways,
10:17 He's really doing a miracle.
10:21 For now, Albert is still in custody
10:23 of the image of St. Nino
10:25 for the restoration.
10:28 His crowns are all dirty.
10:31 For too long, he was neglected.
10:33 That's what I saw.
10:35 Like, where did they put you?
10:38 Why do you look like that?
10:41 Why did they neglect him?
10:42 We will begin the fumigation,
10:46 just to make sure that there are no insects inside,
10:48 that it will not be damaged.
10:49 Maybe around more than two months.
10:52 They plan to give a grand celebration
10:56 of the return of the crown
10:57 to the people's custody on May 1.
11:00 The images are a great help
11:04 in faith.
11:06 It's not a worship,
11:08 but a visual aid
11:10 to facilitate the focus on prayer.
11:15 Because we have a body,
11:19 a vision,
11:20 it's easy if you see an image
11:24 that you can't see God.
11:27 All of this can be bought online
11:31 even for the long-lost saints.
11:35 But what is of no importance
11:38 is our faith.
11:41 Thank God for His beautiful doing.
11:43 That we will not be crushed
11:45 even in the midst of trials and tragedies.
11:50 [Chanting]
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