Pope Francis: video message to Jasna Gora pilgrims
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a video
message to pilgrims participating in celebrations for the Feast
of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Saturday at her shrine in the
central Polish city.
300th anniversary celebrations
This year marks the 300th anniversary of
the coronation of the Black Madonna, as the icon of our lady housed
in the shrine in the monastery of Jasna Gora is also known.
Mary our tender Mother
In his remarks, the Holy Father says, “The
sacred image, in fact, shows us that Mary is not a
distant Queen, who sits on a throne, but the Mother who embraces
the Son, and with Him, all of us, her children.” The Holy
Father also says, “She is a true Mother, with her visage
signed, a Mother who suffers because she truly takes to heart
the problems of our lives. She is a Mother who is close by,
who never lets us out of her sight – a tender Mother, who holds us by the hand
on our daily journey.”
No one an orphan
Pope Francis goes on to say, “Let this be the
propitious time, in which to feel that no one of us is an orphan.”
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