In the loving looks donated by volunteers unit to the elderly and disabled, in shared prayer, in the act of devotion that the Messina renew every year with unchanged bond: all in that path that accompanies the most holy sacrament escorted on the streets of the city, escorted as tradition by the Sacred Militia dei Verdi; An act of faith that on the day of the liturgical feast of Corpus Domini the Messina perform, giving meaning to devotion that The city of the Strait at Vascelluzzo binds.
A story of salvation that dates back to 1302, when Messina, according to popular tradition, was affected by a serious famine and was saved by the arrival of three ships charged with wheat. The work in silver, decorated with grain ears and entrusted to the Santa Maria Confraternity of Portosalvo dei Sailors, yesterday in procession, straight from the bearers of the Ceri Messina group.
It was a path of prayer, In the course of which peace has been invoked: “The Lord illuminates the minds and the hearts of the rulers to make these absurd wars cease, leveraging on love, solidarity, the joy of rediscovering the universal brotherhood beyond political and religious belonging”, said Archbishop Giovanni Accolla, who presided over the Mass and led the first part of the procession. No impediment to the passage of the procession from Piazza Duomo for the presence of the beach volleyball courts, despite the useless controversies of the past few days, great deployment of forces of the municipal police and volunteers of the civil protection associations; Three stops along the route, in correspondence with the votive newsstands set up by the communities of the Saint Salvatore to the archimandrite on Corso Cavour; on the Via Tommaso Cannizzaro, by Carmine; and in via Garibaldi, from the parish of Santa Caterina. A community journey that together with the priests, the religious, the faithful and the Confraternities, the mayor Federico Basile also wanted to perform with the Messina to confirm that link between institutions, religious and civilians, indispensable for a constant regeneration of the city community.
The vesselluzzo It is a work of great value created by Masters Argentieri Messina. It is a three -tree boat about one meter long with a wooden soul, covered with silver sheets. On two of the three trees a reliquary is hoisted that contains the hair with which, according to tradition, the Madonna tied the letter sent to the Messina; Above, two winged puts always in silver hold a crown. Eight cannons on side protrudes from the looped; Others are present on the stern that also shows four golden caryatids. Also on the stern there is the image of the Madonna against the background of Messina: Simone Gullì’s building is visible. The vessel rests on a base engraved with marine wave motif adorned with leaves and golds; On the faces there are the faces that according to tradition would be the founding sailors of the Confraternity of S. Maria di Portosalvo and four medallions with the effigies of the Madonna della Lettera, of S. Alberto with the Bible and a lily, S. Placido together with the brothers and the Madonna of Portosalvo with the view of Messina.