18/01/2026
Pit Senyor !!
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The Cebuano greeting "Pit Senyor!" is short for “Panangpit sa Senyor!" which means a plea to the Lord, the Señor Santo Niño (Holy Child), whose feast is observed during Sinulog.
The meaning of 'Pit'
"PIT" is a contraction of the word "sangpit", which is a Cebuano word for calling out loud a person or God with a particular intention. There is no exact translation for this word that could describe the Cebuano meaning of sangpit. Probably, the closest transliteration is "appeal'o which means making a serious or urgent request.
Sangpit is a much deep and calm word than 'appeal’. Sangpit is usually used when a person visits a homes a but nobody is around and he/she wants to borrow something from the owner, his/her action is "sangpit". A person says this when he/she is a distance away or does not have a sight of the receiver of the message. When a person does 'sangpit, he or she must have with him a request, appeal, or intention that the receiver could give or grant.
This is the sense of saying out loud in prayer "VIVA PIT SENYOR!" The person is making an appeal from a distance, unworthy to face or make a request from God and that one could only humbly utter this words with prayerful request. It is like crying out loud to God and gazing towards heaven by saying, "Lord, please answer my prayers!"
“Sangpit" resembles on the shout of the blind man sitting by the roadside, who cried aloud to Jesus, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" (Luke 18:35-43). He could not go near to Jesus because of his sickness but the best thing he could only do is to say aloud his prayers to him.
Credits: Fr. AC Perez, SchP