"Blessings are meant to be worked on to. If God sees your sincerity and effort by living a life for His glory, then undoubtedly, you are the most deserving person to receive His abundant blessings."

[TANAY, RIZAL, PHILIPPINES]▬ The world is made up of a complex system with interesting facts, figures and wonders. However, sometimes it is also shrouded with mystery and symbolism. Symbols have been here since the prehistoric age to represent the belief, allegiance or the faith of the people, a culture and/or a social group. In Tanay's Regina RICA, there are two (2) hills they consider as the 'Breast of God."

[TANAY] ▬ SITTING ON TOP OF ONE OF THE EL SHADDAI HILLS

▬ A Symbol of Abundance ▬

FOR REGINA RICA, A POPULAR PILGRIMAGE SITE in Tanay, Rizal where a giant Virgin Mary statue is located, El Shaddai Hills are synonymous to abundance. These two hills are located within the pilgrimage site's perimeter in Sitio Aguho of Barangay Sampaloc.

The official logo of Regina RICA also used these hills to represent them. For this religious institution, they consider these two hills as the breasts of God which they believe a source of abundant blessings. On the other hand, "El Shaddai" is a Hebrew name which means "God Almighty."

[TANAY] ▬ THE OFFICIAL LOGO OF REGINA RICA IS COMPOSED OF TWO HILLS.

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[TANAY] ▬ A BRIEF EXPLANATION FOR EL SHADDAI HILLS

▬ Climbing the El Shaddai Hills ▬

THESE TWO HILLS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH to be difficult to climb. There are concrete stairs especially made to make climbing easier. It's like a walk in the park. No vigorous effort is needed for a healthy indivudual.

Its slopes are planted with citruses and sunflowers but mostly grassy. One of the hills is where the is located and this hill is where the pilgrim crowd is.

[TANAY] ▬ EL SHADDAI HILL HOLDS THE GIANT VIRGIN MARY STATUE

The El Shaddai Hill where the statue is located has an established trail complete with railings to secure and aid the climbing pilgrims.

The other hill has no statue but it is a less crowded and a more peaceful place to reflect and enjoy the surrounding view.

[TANAY] ▬ VIEW FROM THE EL SHADDAI HILLS

[TANAY] ▬ ENJOYING A REFRESHING GREEN EXPANSE AS SEEN FROM THE HILLTOP

[TANAY] ▬ SEEING THE CHAPEL BELOW

[TANAY] ▬ HELLO! GREETINGS FROM EL SHADDAI HILLS!

For Regina RICA, these are sacred hills since they represent God's breast—according to them—and visitors are expected to respect the place.

Regina RICA encourages everyone to pause on this hill and say a pray for blessings to come. However, for pilgrims wanting to come here for the purpose of expecting abundance by climbing the hill, do not expect an instant answer to your prayers because blessings don't come instantly by just visiting this place of abundance. Blessings are meant to be worked on to. If God sees your sincerity and effort by living a life for His glory, then undoubtedly, you are the most deserving person to receive His abundant blessings. Do not just rely on El Shaddai Hills because the real source of abundance is the God Almighty who reigns in heaven. ▬ to becontinued...

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[1] This post is filed under the category "Hills". More stories filed under this category are seen below this post. (Note: This is the first post for this category, watch out for more related posts in the future)

[2] The stories here happened on 14 March 2015 in Tanay and Quiapo.

[3] All maps I used on this post are the works of Eugene Alvin Villar and Mike Gonzalez published on Wikipedia. Source: 1 | 2