On the liturgical commemoration of the Holy Name of Mary, that is the name day of the Mother of God, honorary blood donors came to the Marian Shrine in Lichen Stary with an annual pilgrimage. Holy Mass at. At 12:00 in front of the Miraculous Picture of Our Lady of Lichen, Fr. Eugeniusz Zarzeczny, MIC, the priest of the Major Seminary in Lublin
I have been coming to Licheń since the 1980s. Every year I try to be here at least twice a year - in April I am on the National Pilgrimage of NSZZ "Solidarity", and in September on the pilgrimage of Honorary Blood Donors. This year, 33 people came from Rzeszów - employees and their families. I like to make a pilgrimage here, because the presence of the Mother of God gives me strength
On the liturgical commemoration of the Holy Name of Mary, that is the name day of the Mother of God, honorary blood donors came to the Marian Shrine in Lichen Stary with an annual pilgrimage. Holy Mass at. At 12:00 in front of the Miraculous Picture of Our Lady of Lichen, Fr. Eugeniusz Zarzeczny, MIC, the priest of the Major Seminary in Lublin.
Welcoming the pilgrims, he said: - “Let us ask that Mary show us the way to Christ. Let us ask for the opening of our hearts following her example, so that nothing can separate us from God's love, as it happened in her life. "
At the beginning of the homily, Fr. The objectionable one spoke of three sins mentioned in the Holy Scriptures which bring misfortune to man. These are: idolatry, profanation of God's name, neglect and disregard for the holy day. - “These three sins concern the first three commandments of the decalogue: you will have no other gods before me, you will not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, and you will honor the Lord's day. We are all exposed to violation of these three commandments. We succumb to these temptations in a subtle way, because they are themselves subtle. "
According to the Marian, we can know the true God through the Word of God and through prayer. "If we go deeper into prayer, it turns out that God is in our heart" He said. Father Zarzeczny also emphasized: the name day of the Mother of God. - "We are here to honor her, but also to ask for her support."
Fr. Zarzeczny, for St. Bernard, he encouraged us to look and think about Mary, who is a model for us to follow. He also explained that the liturgical commemoration of the Holy Name of Mary for the whole Church was established by Pope Innocent XI after the victory of King Jan III Sobieski over the Turks near Vienna in 1683.
During the Holy Mass Three HDK banner posts were present at the altar. The culmination of the Polish Pilgrimage of Honorary Blood Donors to Our Lady of Lichen was the Way of the Cross, which at At 13:30 in the square in front of the basilica, Fr. Janusz Bialucha, MIC.
Lichen Stary, September 12, 2020
Text: Robert Adamczyk, Sanctuary Press Office
