The main ceremonies in honor of Our Lady of Częstochowa were held with the participation of representatives of the Episcopate and the multitude of pilgrims who came to Jasna Góra . This year’s fair is part of the preparations for the beatification of Primate Wyszyński. The main sum was cleared at 11.00 . Prayers for the young people and their meeting with the Pope in Lisbon were also carried out at the signs of the World Youth Day.
– Per Mariam. Jasna Góra is like a safe harbor in which we are free, at the feet of Mary of Częstochowa we find peace and strength – he recalled during the Holy Mass. Primate of Poland.
Archbishop Wojciech Polak emphasized in his sermon that the Church, although today marked by crises and experiences of people’s sins, is the only way to our being with Christ. He does not teach theoretical lessons about love and mercy, he does not disseminate philosophy, but he teaches by example.
The Primate of Poland reminded that no man, regardless of his religion or origin, can be an instrument of political struggle, and that every human life is holy: “holy is the life of an unborn child and the life of an old man suffering from illness is holy, with poverty and homelessness, fleeing hunger and war ”.
Archbishop Polak thanked all those who, although they have experienced wounds, disappointment or simply human disappointment, are still able to love, forgive and pray for the Church.
During the Summa, the Jasna Góra Vows of the Nation, the author of which is Primate Wyszyński, were traditionally renewed. Today it is 65 years since they were deposited at Jasna Góra.
Father Arnold Chrapkowski, general of the Pauline Order , emphasized that “everything that was their content at that time is transferred to our times”. – Again to you, Queen of Poland, we entrust our daily efforts to build a truly Christian life, family life, social life, and state life based on the foundations of God’s Commandments, on respect for human dignity and the life of every human being – reminded Fr. General.
Weddingsis a prayer in the form of a vow by the Primate of the Millennium, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. It was established in the year of the 300th anniversary of the vows of King Jan Kazimierz in Lviv as a specific program for the renewal of the religious and moral life of the nation. They include, among others commitment to protect life, the indissolubility of marriage, strengthen the family, care for peace, justice, good neighborly and social coexistence, and fight against social vices: laziness, recklessness, waste, drunkenness and licentiousness.
The resumption of vows was preceded and ended by the sound of Jasna Góra fanfare.
The text of the Jasna Góra Vows of the Polish Nation by Card. Wyszyński wrote during his imprisonment by the communist authorities in Komańcza – between October 29, 1955 and October 28, 1956. The Great Millennium Novena, preparing Poland for the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of baptism.
Today, Jasna Góra is visited by the signs of the World Youth Day peregrinating around Poland: the cross and the icon of the Mother of God, and with them a prayer for the young.
Klaudia Kołodziejczyk-Tkaczyk , the press spokesman of the National Organizational Office of World Youth Day in Poland, emphasized that this is the fifth time these signs are with us: each time we want it to be an opportunity for young people to find time for Jesus, His Mother, for god.
During the Holy Mass a delegation of the Catholic Association “Civitas Christiana” presented a painting for Jasna Góra with the image of the Primate of the Millennium , who is the patron of this community, promoting social science primarily, Card. Stefan Wyszyński.
Traditionally, during the Summa, the volunteers made promises of Spiritual Adoption of a Conceived Child, committing themselves to a 9-month prayer for a child conceived in a mother’s womb, whose life is at risk.
The program of the celebration of Our Lady of Jasna Góra will include today at 6.30 pm Eucharistic procession until 7.00 p.m. Mass will begin. with the homily of Archbishop. Wacław Depo, the metropolitan of Częstochowa.
Izabela Tyras @ JasnaGóraNews
