A human river greeted the release of Santa Rita from the small sanctuary of via Santa Marta. A timeless devotion that for Rita da Cascia, known as the saint of roses and impossible cases. From the stage set up to the top of the road where the Rector Francesco Pati He gave the blessing, a carpet of colorful roses has tied up to the sky, intertwining with the light rays of an almost summer sun. A party with a simple flavor, without barrels or lights, which smells of solidarity and attention to the last, those on the margins. “This is the meaning enclosed in the squad, the most beautiful of the flowers that among the external petals, the first to dry, retains the freshness of a bud that knows of new life,” said the priest.
It was the archbishop Giovanni Accolla To bless the roses before the procession. Barefoot on foot, wearing the classic saint dress and that ritual that always excites – to support your hands on the simulacrum – to ask for blessings and thanks – the faithful prayed to the passage of the procession. The statue, arranged on the wooden vara made by the artist Piero Serboliit was decorated with three hundred orange roses, a color that symbolizes the rebirth of life and straight on the shoulder by the bearers of the Ceri Messina group and the Confraternities of San Camillo and the most holy Crucifix; To coordinate the procession, curated by the governor of the Most Holy Crucifix Piero Corona and Franco Forami, the men of the municipal police with the commander Giovanni Giardina and the volunteers of the National Union of the Carabinieri.
