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| To talk about the months of July, August and September means we’re talking about the entire life of the Sanctuary. Many pilgrimages take place and many people join them, “feast” days become unforgettable for however attends the Sanctuary, although everyone is absorbed by a frenetic lifestyle. Here, at the Sanctuary one may take a pause to meditate, it is a source for our conscious that finds inspiration and courage in Our Lady. It is not “religious tourism” but simply the need to understand ones innerself in order to choose the right way to undertake. This is what the Sanctuary is in each pilgrim’s heart. Yet this year’s pilgrimages seemed even more motivated and they brought an even greater atmosphere of exemplary spiritual joy. Hopefully things will continue in such a direction. |
| We can’t forget those many “special pilgrims” that live abroad but keep a vivid and praiseworthy emotional bond with the Sanctuary: they never miss coming to the Sanctuary when they return to their native place, for many reasons, and in some special way they feel nearer to their roots here. It is here that they find new strength and enthusiasm to continue on with their lives. They open their hearts to Our Lady in “the visit book”: writing about their lives, their dreams, their hopes, their future projects, their difficulties and the fact that they miss their home land. |
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This is the strength of
our Sanctuary, that is capable to resist nowadays typical laicism that
conditions even old traditions, and it is in all this doubt that we
tangibly feel Our Lady’s protection. So we must be thankful to the
pilgrimages that demonstrate such a vivid religious devotion, faithfulness
and affection. |
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It is not a list of one day
after another, but each day is a thought regarding the Sanctuary, about
what goes on and what we have built together, each day embraced by Our
Lady.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. |
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The Rector |
| drawn by the quarterly bulletin of the
Sanctuary "La Madonna della Civita" July - September 2004 n° 3 to receivethe bulletin makes click here or it phones the (+39) 0771 727116 - 721360 |
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