solemn celebrations in honor of Maria SS. Assunta
Guardian Faro Superiore - ME
Since 1600 the old house pays homage to the Mother of Heaven, the last Sunday of August.
The Feast of the Assumption is the oldest. It is celebrated at least 1500 years, it has memory of its celebration since the fifth century in the East and West in the seventh century, reflecting the unbroken faith in the Christian community. E 'of the party triumph of Mary, the liturgy presents us with the words of the Apocalypse: "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars." But this wonderful vision should not distract us from what is the true meaning of the holiday and that is: Feast of Mary's presence. That is, the assumption has not moved away from us, not put them on a throne inaccessible, but has made it closer, has created the conditions for the Madonna could always be this close to us. Mary was present with us in the days of joy, as at Cana: "And there was the Mother of Jesus .." days of pain, as on Calvary: "He was at the cross, his mother ..."; in moments of prayer , as in the Cenacle: "They were Mary the mother of Jesus , always. This sense of Mary's presence among his children, is not today; the early Christians asked themselves:" What happens to Mary? Where is it now? Nowhere has it ever claimed the privilege of having his remains or some relic of her body. Of the first apostles were honored graves ..., Mary has honored the house where he lived. It soon begins to invoke, to pray, "Kaire Mary." "Hail Mary" track, a graffiti, the fourth century, in Greek, found in an excavation where now stands the basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. And in a papyrus over 1700 years ago, we read the beautiful prayer of a persecuted community that seeks to Mary "Sub tuum praesidium ... We have recourse to your protection, holy Mother of God ..".
