They highlight the message of “hope” and faith at the beginning of the Triduum of the Fiesta del Milagro in Salta
Ecclesiastical and provincial authorities highlighted the “message of hope and faith” expressed by the hundreds of thousands of people who usually arrive in Salta in pilgrimages to participate in the Triduum of Pontificalswhich began this Tuesday with the seasonal mass in honor of the Solemnity of the Virgin of the Miracle where he advocated “build a better tomorrow.
The Archbishop of Salta, Mario Cargnello, celebrated the seasonal mass with which the Triduum of Pontificals began, in which the governor, Gustavo Sáenz, the bishops emeritus of the Uruguayan city of Canelones, Alberto Sanguinetti, participated; from Puerto Iguazú, Marcelo Martorell; and from Venado Tuerto, Gustavo Help; and the new bishop of Cafayate, Darío Quintana, among others.
for the triduum, the three days of religious celebrationsSalta implemented a large security operative Y assistance to pilgrims, since the holiday usually summon some 800 thousand people in the city, especially to participate in the procession of September 15, and this year the vicar of the Cathedral, Javier Romero, announced that after the resumption of the commemoration after two years of coronavirus pandemic “we are going to overflow with so many people that we are going to receive at this Party” after a couple of “difficult years, of much pain and loss”.
In his homily, the archbishop noted that “María del Milagro is a flag of the faith of the people of Salta since its origin” and highlighted that it was “the lit star of hope that drives us to build a better tomorrow”.
“We thank God because this year we can celebrate in a party atmosphere and being together, the solemnities of the Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle,” Cargnello said in the cathedral and recalled that “the experience lived during the pandemic puts in the heart the need to live life, and its eloquent expression is the way”.
In this way, he referred to this year’s motto of the religious celebration: “Miracle, Path of hope, testimony and fraternity” and stressed that “since the earthquake of the origins, since the pact of the mid-nineteenth century, to this experience that continues to admire us from the pilgrims, she, the Virgin, is always there to gestate fraternity”.
For his part, the Governor Saenz considered that the message that Salta gives to the country, with the celebration of the Miracle Festival, is “of hope, love and peace” and added that “when something unites us we can all be together, as pilgrims come walking from afar “.
“With deep emotion, today we Salta celebrate the start of the Triduum,” said the president, accompanied by his wife, Elena Cornejo.
Before concluding the celebration, the archbishop recalled that Today marks the 120th anniversary of the pontifical coronation of the Virgen del Milagro and announced that the September 25, the images of the Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle will be enthroned in the Basilica of the Holy Apostles.
According to the schedule of activitiesthe Prayer of the Novena will culminate this Wednesday, when the exaltation of the crosson the second day of the Triduum of Pontificals, for which another seasonal mass will be celebrated in the Cathedral Basilica of Salta.
Today, the main temple and the 9 de Julio square were packed with people, many of them tourists, and since noon several columns of pilgrims arrived from different towns in the province.
The largest arrived in the early afternoon, from the North Calchaquí Valley, which exceeded 5,000 people who walked for five days to cross more than 150 kilometers through valleys, rivers and hills.
“Faith and love have no limits,” said the governor, noting that there were “tears, smiles and emotion” upon receiving “the pilgrims who have been expressing their love and faith from the Calchaquí Valleys.”
Among the thousands of pilgrims, Mario He said that he arrived with his own images of the Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle to “give thanks for family, health, friends and work, and although these five days of walking cost us, the strength of faith helped us get there” , while another promiser, Carolina, said: “We came with all the faith and it was very nice and exciting not only to get there but all the way. We never thought about how difficult the journey was, but about being grateful”.
Upon arrival, the priests gave them the blessing and ordered them to enter the Cathedral and greet the holy images.
It also arrived today a group of bike pilgrims from Fiambalá, Catamarca, who traveled 700 kilometers over five days, and another 120 cyclists from Rosario de la Frontera, where one of them stated that it was “a very hard trip, because we got windy in the ravine, but the people on the road give you strength to keep going. It’s all very exciting.”
A total of 237 pilgrimages from different locations It is planned to arrive in the capital of Salta these days to participate in this celebration, and for tomorrow afternoon the arrival of the largest column is expected, that of the Puna, with more than 12 thousand members, among them the miners.
The Triduum of Pontificals will conclude on Thursday 15 in the morningwith the Solemnity of the Lord of the Miracle, and a mass in the atrium of the cathedral, after which the pilgrim images will tour the neighborhoods of the city, on a journey of almost 30 kilometers in vehicles, and in the afternoon the procession will take place .
