An image of Our Lady of Lujánwith its traditional mantle White and celestialwas the present that he received Elena BeccalliRector of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heartduring your visit to the Santa Marta house. There he also approached to say goodbye to the remains of the Pope Francisdeceased last Monday at 88.
According to a statement issued by the House of Studies, it was a last gift of the pontiffas thanks for the meeting of the April 16when he expressed his recognition to the staff of the Polyclinic Foundation A. Gemellito the Catholic University and Directorate of Health and Hygiene of the State of the city of the Vatican for the attention he received in his hospitalization days.
That delivery act gave him a even deeper sense to devotion in the University, which now retains a figure linked to both faith and the personal affection of the Pope.
The tradition of Our Lady of Luján
Our Lady of Luján, Patroness of Argentinais venerated in a homonymous city located to 70 kilometers from Buenos Aires. The feast of May 8 It occupies a prominent place in the Argentine religious calendar, and Francisco himself, when he was archbishop of the capital, participated every year in the traditional pilgrimage. Even after assuming as Pope, he maintained his proximity to the sanctuary and renewed his devotion to different messages.
One of those gestures occurred during the pandemic, in 2020when he wrote to Monsignor Jorge Scheinigarchbishop of the diocese of Mercedes-Lujánand said: “I will look at her once again and once again, I will let myself look for her”.
In another passage from the same message, he reaffirmed his attachment to the Virgin: “We will tell our concerns and joys”thus reflecting the confidence with which it resorted to its intercession.
This Marian link of the dad Francisco It can be compared to the devotion that maintained towards the Salus Populi Romanithe iconic portrait of the Virgin found in the Papal Basilica of Santa María la Mayorwhere he chose to be buried.
In this way, the delivery of the statuette to the rector Beccalli not only represented a Symbolic giftbut also the echo of a deep spirituality that accompanied the Pope until his last days.
The Mass in Tribute to Pope Francis in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires
After the funeral that will take place this Saturday at the Vatican, In the city of Buenos Aires this Saturday there will also be a tribute to Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88 after suffering a stroke.
From 10 in the morning, the closing mass will begin towards the High pontiff in the Buenos Aires Cathedral.
He Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuervaconfirmed the ceremony and said that this event will be the center of tributes, where the faithful can say spiritually saying about the last leader of the Catholic Church.
Source: Ambito
