" EASTER IN THE PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH"
VA Cross Mountain The Pilgrimage
Canaguá
Fr. Edduar Molina Escalona *
On the night of Palm Sunday, with the charge made to the Lord in the Old Chapel Pond, the "Christ of the mountain pilgrim" carried on the shoulders of Don Pablo Hernandez, his wife Socorro Duran, his loyal friends and family, invites us to fly to the extraordinary experience of a "holy week in the villages of the South" starting with the longest Via-crucis of 85 kilometers.
The course comprises three sections, from ponds to the desert "Las Nieves." With the cold seasons serranero, dense fog and strong winds whistle ascends to the second stage, the village of El Molino. There is celebration and hype, the number of participants is increasing, to start the third stage, from the mill, to the "Park Engine ", scheduled for arrival on Wednesday santo.el Stations of the Cross, comes to the village of Canaguá, accompanied by a large number of young, multi-site regional geography. The people of Canaguá with your pastor, go to meet them with a true fraternal devotion and faith for fifteen years has been held. With prayers, hugs and tears devout pilgrims are welcomed in the Golgotha \u200b\u200bof hope and charity of our fellow Southerners. From Palm Sunday, the streets of the poor villages are crowded field by friends who come with their palms to be blessed. Many do their "moves" to the houses of the village with their vegetables, smoked cheeses and homemade bread to fully participate in the celebrations of the liturgy of this time. The deep Christian faith and rich tradition, formed by the priests parish priests, in the consciousness of our people surmerideños, leading to fully observe the Lenten practices hard, fasting, abstinence from meat, keeping the "holy days" of the routine slaughter of the field, "getting ready" for the supplies you need, all in the most beautiful Christian fellowship, do not utter a word of insolence, forgive offenses, qualifying with the childish fun in games spin, the Joquer , the pebbles, the donkey, and many others, rejoicing the austere environment and rigid old Catholic devotions, still fresh in the memory of our grandparents. On Holy Monday the smoke of old brick ovens, bread criollitos announce that it is ready. A whole family hustles, but fraternal reunion.
Holy Tuesday outstanding commission in each parish, accompanied by his ministers for the "Chrism Mass" occasion to relive the mystery of the unity and fellowship of our church, around the figure of the bishop, priests renew their promises and the faithful are delivered the Campaign Share "noble gesture for the social apostolate. Wednesday Holy purple dress up costume for the grand procession of the Nazarene, a passionate journey through the streets of the town takes in men the figure of Christ who bears our sins. Holy Thursday is expressed with great variety, "the seven dishes, genuine manifestation of the Passover Meal. Families are invited to share the delights of dishes together at noon: Creole soups and broths, mute, saw palmetto, fish, porridge and sweet pumpkin, figs and papaya, along with majarte, make this event the yearning of each year. On Good Friday you can enjoy scenes from the Passion of Our Lord, young and old have the best stuff: there are tears in the painful cries and fury in the Roman soldiers, pain in the face of the Mother, suffering and delivered to the main character: Christ crucified. In the fields do not hear the ringing of bells, but the cry of "rattle" are central days, the liturgical ceremonies, lived with faith and devotion
southern families, the humility of foot washing, the beautiful picture of the monument to the Blessed Sacrament, decorated with natural orchids and flowers of our fields, inviting the most sublime meditation on the mysteries of Easter. On Holy Saturday the feast of the Resurrection begins with the blessing of light, candles, making of the calloused hands of our farmers, make the large skylight at night, followed by the singing of Gloria. True
Easter event breaks the veil of the temple, in the dark night, a great light is flashing, the dead Christ is risen! ... No ringing of bells, thunder of the gunpowder, soldiers come running down the downtown churches, children dressed as angels singing the Hallelujah and a great joy is spread among the attendees. It is followed by the blessing of the baptismal font, in humble "gourds" the water farmers have to be blessed and then used as sacramental in homes, sometimes to be buried in the drought of their pastures, because for assurance of faith there will emerge the new sources for the blessing of all crystal. Thus the spiritual reservoir, Mérida state, highlighting their best and authentic samples of Christian faith and life, deep tradition and fervent piety in the Lord who lives among his people.
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