He opened with all the signs of tradition the Holy Week: the Palma branches, the olive branches and the inevitable wind that enveloped the Messina Present in Piazza Duomo for the blessing of Palm Sunday. It was the archbishop who presided over the rite with the mass in the cathedral. Full participation of faithful and authority, who found themselves to pray and confirm the sense of community. Accolla spoke of the urgent implementation of the evangelical image of the festive entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem, acclaimed for his royalty, in the recognition of the poor and the suffering through the works of charity, the most beautiful cloaks as he himself defined them. Accompaniment and participation are the signs of commitment that Christians who celebrate the mystery of Easter must characterize. The reference to the death of Sara Campanella and to the havoc, as LarciveSovo called them, of which Messina has been a scenario in recent times in recent times.
The next appointments
Tuesday 15 April at 5.30 pm In the cathedral the Archbishop will preside over the traditional chrism mass in which the priests renew the promises of their ministry and the oil of the catechumens, the infirm and the sacred chrism are blessed; On Wednesday 16 in the morning he will go to the Gazzi district house to celebrate Easter with prisoners. In the cathedral the Easter triduum will open on April 17th at 18.30 with the “in Coena Domini” Mass of Holy Thursday and the lavender rite of the feet; Holy Friday – April 18th – There will be liturgical action with the adoration of the cross; Immediately after the procession chaired by the Archbishop, he will join the secular procession of the barettes that will start from the new church of Peace in via 24 Maggio to cross the streets of the center and will be broadcast live by RTP also inside the Scirocco broadcast, until returning with the suggestive ‘Nchianata. Saturday 19 April at 10.00 pm The archbishop will preside over the Easter wakefulness. Sunday 20, Easter day, at 11 In the cathedral the pontifical mass, in the presence of the highest civil and military authorities.