Visiting Kamay Ni Hesus Shrine in Lucban, Quezon

It was a long weekend then but I didn't plan for a weekend getaway longer than a day's trip; my travel buddy can't get away beyond a day and I don't have enough courage yet to go solo so I settled on another road trip, this time in Lucban, Quezon to visit Kamay ni Hesus Shrine.

Kamay ni Hesus Shrine is a healing center built under the initiative of Father Joseph "Joey" Ayala Faller, a gifted and well-known healing priest. A healing mass was conducted at the Kamay ni Hesus Chapel every Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:30AM.

This Shrine may be known for the healing masses but it has also become a popular tourist and field trip destination nowadays. Even on a Sunday, a long weekend at that, several groups of students were having their field trip there, also lots of families and groups of people were there to visit the shrine; saw some of my office friends too, small world eh...hehe!

One of the highlights of the visit to this grotto is the climbing of the several hundreds steps up to the top of the hill where a 50-foot statue of the Ascending Christ was erected. I tried to count the number of steps going up and got 301, but I counted the steps not from a single side alone but by following the Way of the Cross so I'm not sure how many steps there really are. We asked one of the caretakers there who told  us that there are actually 321 steps on the right side and 301 steps on the left, the difference due to smaller steps on the right side; hence, the more steps on it. But I actually read varied counts online so I'm confused, I guess you just have to be there and count it yourself. ;P

Opposite the hill of the Ascending Christ is a smaller hill where the statue of Mama Mary looking up to his son was also erected. If on the hill going to the Ascending Christ are the images/statues depicting the Way of the Cross, the hill where Mama Mary is are different images from the scenes in the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.

~ oo00oo ~

Weekdays - 9:00AM

Saturdays - 5:00PM (anticipated mass)

Sundays - 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 10:30AM, 11:30AM, 4:00PM

Wednesdays & Saturdays - 9:30AM

How to get to Kamay ni Hesus:

Via Public Transport: From Cubao/Buendia-Taft/Pasay-EDSA, take a bus bound for Lucena. At the Lucena Central Terminal, take a jeepney bound for Lucban then ask the driver to drop you off at the Shrine.