The Catholic Church celebrates at present the 4th World Grandparents’ and Seniors’ Day. It was established by Pope Francis and takes place across the liturgical commemoration of St. Anne and St. Joachim – grandparents of Jesus Christ. This 12 months’s motto is “Don’t abandon me in my previous age”. The Marian sanctuary in Licheń Stary additionally joined within the celebrations of this big day. In Licheń, the occasion was accompanied by the phrases: “As a result of I’ve one life…”. On this event, at 12:00 throughout Sunday excessive mass, prayers had been stated for seniors.
The joint celebration started with a rosary prayer at 11:15 earlier than the miraculous portray of Our Woman of Licheń for the youngsters and grandchildren. The prayer was led by Fr. Sławomir Homoncik MIC, the custodian of the sanctuary, and the person mysteries had been recited by the women from the senior membership in Dobra.
In his homily in the course of the midday Eucharist, Fr. Homoncik identified that the message from at present’s Gospel considerations the picture of the Lord God, which, in keeping with many individuals, is inaccessible to unusual folks.
– We frequently have issues constructing a relationship with the Lord God. Due to this, it appears to us that He’s inaccessible to us. However the fact is that the Lord God is shut to every of us. He’s additionally on this group. He walks between the rows of pews and listens to our hearts. He rejoices in each impulse of our hearts, each thought turned to Him – stated the Marian.
Addressing seniors and the aged, the priest custodian referred to at present’s studying from the Letter of St. Paul to the Ephesians, through which the Apostle to the Nations spoke in regards to the vocation of every of us. – We now have completely different vocations. Being a grandmother, a grandfather can be a vocation. Experiencing your previous age can be a present from the Lord God. He notices the simplicity of the center. Allow us to take into consideration what we dropped at Jesus at present and supply it to Him. Or perhaps we provide ourselves, our lives. Do now we have such braveness? – requested the homilist.
Earlier than the top of the Mass, the custodian priest learn a prayer of blessing over the seniors, after which the monks gave the aged a person blessing by laying on their arms.
From the basilica, the seniors adopted the Wind Orchestra of the Municipal and Communal Cultural Centre in Ślesin to the sq. in entrance of the so-called new belfry. The band, carried out by Adam Kołodziejczak, ready a brief live performance. In the course of the musical animations led by the host, Michał Piekarski, the individuals danced, amongst others, the polonaise and the waltz. The slogan of this a part of the assembly was the phrases: “Collectively and joyfully”. A bunch picture was taken, and the women from the Seniorplus Membership in Dobra sang for the gathered. The occasion was accompanied by the Cake Competition, for which the women from the native Rural Ladies’s Circles ready baked items. The donations from the sale of those baked items had been fully allotted to the gathering for the St. Father Stanisław Papczyński Hospice working within the Licheń sanctuary.
In the course of the assembly, the seniors acquired a small reward within the type of a guide by a Marian priest, Father Marian Pisarzak, entitled “Pod Wieczor życia”, who fortunately gave autographs.
The Licheń celebrations of the 4th World Grandparents and Older Individuals Day had been attended by senior golf equipment from: Dobra, Kazimierz Biskupi, Posada Wilczyn, Kramsko, Licheń Stary, Kleczew, Golina, Ślesin, Szyszyńskie Holendrów, Grodziec and Spław.
The mayor of the city and commune of Ślesin, Mr. Piotr Maciejewski, and his spouse additionally took half within the ceremony.
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