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Actor-devotees of Black Nazarene share stories of hope

Actors McCoy De Leon, Dimples Romana, and Coco Martin share their stories as devotees of the Black Nazarene at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila during its feast on Jan. 9, 2025.

Video by Miguel Luis Sison

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Transcript
00:00While there is life, there is hope.
00:02As long as we live, there is hope.
00:04And everyone here is hoping, not just for their families, but for themselves and for their dreams.
00:12And for us, as celebrities, as devotees,
00:17I am also hoping that one day,
00:20I won't be able to complete my family in this life.
00:25I am also hoping that one day,
00:27I want to be successful, just like everyone here.
00:30I want their dreams to come true.
00:33I want their business to grow.
00:36As a devotee, as an artist,
00:38I want to be a successful actor, just like everyone here.
00:42That's why I've been telling them,
00:44I've been calling them,
00:45I'm getting nervous.
00:46It's not because I'm going to talk to a lot of people.
00:49I'm getting nervous because I'm here as a devotee.
00:51I'm not a celebrity who prefers dancing.
00:54So I said,
00:55This is different.
00:56But I said,
00:57I'll just tell the truth.
00:58Why am I here?
00:59What am I?
01:00What did I do wrong to them,
01:02and to my father?
01:04I said,
01:05I'm also one of those young people,
01:07who used to be above the underpass.
01:12I remember,
01:13the first time I saw Sereno,
01:14I was with my dad and my mom.
01:17Just the two of us.
01:18My problem is,
01:19I just want to pass the school.
01:21And maybe,
01:22And maybe,
01:23maybe all the people here,
01:24can finish,
01:25and continue,
01:26continue in life.
01:27My family,
01:28until now,
01:29that's what I'm hoping for.
01:30That's why,
01:31God's mercy,
01:32I will give a good life,
01:34to my parents,
01:36and my family.
01:37Now,
01:38I also have a son,
01:39who is very,
01:41blessed to me.
01:43That's why,
01:44to me,
01:45it's a good feeling,
01:46that you're hoping,
01:48that you're happy.
01:49There are people who are hoping,
01:51that you'll be sad,
01:52until,
01:53you lose your faith.
01:55So to me,
01:56after you're hoping,
01:57your faith is still there.
01:59That's why I'm here.
02:01That's why we live,
02:02because we're hoping for God.
02:05It's very hard to ask,
02:06where do you get your hope from?
02:09Because it's not easy to find hope.
02:12Especially,
02:13when there are things,
02:15that were taken from you,
02:17or people took from you.
02:19That's where the lack of hope comes from.
02:23But for me,
02:24as I grow up,
02:26there are opportunities in my life,
02:28that I was able to prove,
02:31that when you have faith,
02:33and you don't give up,
02:35when it comes to hope,
02:37the Lord will always come through for you.
02:40There's a saying,
02:41Father, I don't know if you know that,
02:43like,
02:44I'm sure you do.
02:45Like,
02:46everybody thinks,
02:47everything has been taken away from Job.
02:50But Job's everything is God.
02:53And so,
02:54when you have God in your heart,
02:56then you're filled to the brim.
02:58For me,
02:59I get my hope from my family.
03:03There's no perfect family.
03:06You can't say,
03:07that there's a perfect family.
03:09But a family,
03:11that doesn't separate from each other.
03:13Even if you don't want each other,
03:16even if you don't want each other,
03:19but if you're there for each other,
03:22and you don't leave each other,
03:24and you pray for each other,
03:26even if it's the most difficult test for the family,
03:30I think that's where my hope comes from.
03:33Actually, Mother,
03:34because for me,
03:36we see,
03:37or we encounter our hope,
03:40when there are trials in our life.
03:43Because,
03:44as we say,
03:45in everyday life,
03:47when you leave your room,
03:49when you leave the door of your house,
03:52all the trials,
03:54all the bad deeds,
03:57all of it,
03:58it's all there,
03:59all the temptations.
04:01And sometimes,
04:02as a person,
04:03right,
04:04we're still walking,
04:06we're weak,
04:07we're losing hope.
04:10When that time comes,
04:12we don't have other people around us,
04:15we don't have our family,
04:17or our friends,
04:18or the people around us.
04:20Sometimes,
04:21it's a good encounter
04:23when you lose hope,
04:25because you feel like you're the one who's the most unlucky,
04:28you're the one who's the one who's the most in need of everything you see.
04:32It's like you can't get through the trials you're going through.
04:36But when you see other people,
04:39when you see that the situation is more difficult than yours,
04:42that's when you see that there's still hope.
04:45And that's when you'll know and face that,
04:48God is really there.
04:50Because whatever trials we're going through in our lives,
04:54as I said,
04:55there are times in our lives
04:58that we can't explain
05:00how we can solve the things
05:02that we think are impossible to fix.
05:05But as I said,
05:07for me,
05:08you have no other captain
05:10but your family.
05:12Your family and your faith in God.
05:15That's a bonus for your friends,
05:17your relatives,
05:18your work.
05:19But as I said,
05:21whatever trials we're going through in our lives,
05:24but if you have God in your heart and mind,
05:27and in your family,
05:28nothing is impossible.
05:30Everything has hope.
05:32Everything will have a solution.
05:34That's why,
05:35to all the people who are weak,
05:37to all the people whose hearts are broken,
05:39to all the people whose families are broken,
05:41to all the people who feel like
05:43they can't handle their illness
05:45or they're having a hard time with their problems,
05:48I've been through all of that in my life.
05:51My family has also been through that.
05:53But I have no other captain.
05:55And now,
05:56my foundation,
05:57the foundation of my family,
05:58God is really there.
06:00God is really the one we can approach
06:02and follow in all the trials
06:04that we're going through in our lives.
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