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Recently, I came upon the best place where the Lord surely dwells. If every heart is the home of the Lord, then, the Monasterio de Tarlac, a 40-minute drive away through hills and plains from the capital town of Tarlac, is the Lord’s mansion. Here, He dwells in His utmost glory. Here, a part of the cross on which He died is kept and it is here that you and I, in search of a place to be in one with Him, should come, after having visited all 14 churches, all in a day’s journey, of course, on a week as sacred as this.

It takes about forty minutes from Plaza Luisita in downtown Tarlac City to reach the Relic of the True Cross monastery (also known as the Monasterio de Tarlac) which sits on the mountain top called The Resurrection by the Servants of the Risen Christ monks. Up a concreted road where haystacks are piled on both sides, amid the rolling hills of bucolic San Jose, the hilltop residence of the Relic is the ideal escape to which we can journey to the heart of spiritual universe.