The saints are the living echoes of Christ’s Paschal Mystery. Their lives reflect how grace transforms human frailty into steadfast faith and generous love. In this book, Vidimus Dominum: The Saints of Holy Week and Easter, Michael P. delos Reyes invites us to behold the faces of those who walked closely with the Lord through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Each page draws us to see, as they did, the glory of the Risen Christ who continues to make Himself visible through the holiness of His followers.

+ JOSE F. CARDINAL ADVINCULA, D.D.

Archbishop of Manila

Throughout the Philippines in general, the veneration of sacred images during Holy Week processions is a deep-seated tradition, a powerful catechesis in motion. This book provides a much-needed spiritual and theological foundation for this cherished practice. It reminds us that these figures are not just historical personalities depicted in art; they are authentic models of holiness whose veneration draws us closer to the central figure of Christ, whom they faithfully followed.

+ GILBERT A. GARCERA, D.D.

Archbishop of Lipa – CBCP President

This book will prove very useful to all those who wish to prepare for the Holy Week processions, both to enrich their knowledge and to prepare themselves spiritually. They will no doubt return to it after taking part in the celebrations, in order to shed light on any details that struck them while participating in the procession.

FR. ROBERT GODDING, S.J.
Director of the Bollandist Society, Brussels
MICHAEL P. DELOS REYES is an administrator at Xavier School in San Juan City, Metro Manila. He earned his master’s degree in Theological Studies from the Loyola School of Theology (Ateneo de Manila University) in 2004. Since 2006, his books have been published by the Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc.
(CCFI) – Prusisyon: Paghahanda at Pagdiriwang in 2006 (Best Book in Theology and Liturgy, 2007 Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards - CSCBA); Holy Week and Easter Processions: A Liturgico-Pastoral Guide, and Salve Regina: On Crowning Images of the Virgin Mary in 2015 (Liturgy Category Finalist, 2016 CSCBA); Morena Graciosa: The Devotion to the Virgin of Antipolo through the Centuries in 2016 (Best Book in Liturgy, 2017 CSCBA)
The Devotion to the Madre Santissima del Lume in Cainta and the Philippines in 2025 (Liturgy Category Finalist, 2025 CSCBA). He also authored the books Coronadas: Pontifically Crowned Marian Images in the Philippines 1907-2021 (RPD Publications), and Place Me with Your Son: The Jesuits and Filipino Marian Devotions (Jesuit Communications Foundation), both published in 2021. Vidimus Dominum is his ninth book with CCFI.