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TO LOOK AHEAD We frequently express our state of mind with routine expressions that do not always seem to be positive and constructive. There are situations and experiences that we feel we have to overcome or deal with relying only on our own forces probably based on a hope that we cannot tell because we think it cannot be realized at least in the time and manner we would like. |
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And so we “give up” to the point of loosing confidence becoming pessimistic and not very effective. It’s seems as we need to stop and reflect, look around ourselves, ask ourselves “what is going on” trying to be more attentive to the reality and willing to be open to innovation. These states of mind often accompany our lives in so many things we do. But somehow we must respond .... To do so we feel the need of support of something or someone .... |
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We look around us and everything seems fragile
and insecure, we want someone there to indicate the way around us but
there is silence ... This silence helps us understand more, because
everything appears to us in its truth, in its essence. How many
"supports" were not revealed for what we expected? How many
disappointments we have received from those who perhaps had encouraged us
to look ahead? The truth found
in silence speaks to our conscience and always calls us personally to
respond. This truth certainly will never disappoint our lives. Many
pilgrims go to our sanctuary to tell the Madonna della Civita, in silence
and prayer, their lives and their desires and receive, from those who live
here in the silent listening of God, a force and new enthusiasm that
encourages them to back home to the reality of every day. December
2008
The Rector
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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. |
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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. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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