The Rosary has accompanied me in moments of joy and in times of trial and has had an important place in my spiritual life. I have handed over many worries to it, I have always found comfort in it
With these touching words, with a strong autobiographical flavour, written in the Apostolic Letter dedicated to the Holy Rosary by the late Pontiff Saint John Paul II, the joint parish priest of the Beata Vergine del Carmine Parish of Lamezia Terme Don Pino Latelli informed the faithful that the Queen of Peace of Medjugorje, “pilgrim of love”, will visit the sick of the community throughout the month of May dedicated to the Madonna. This is the “Peregrinatio Mariae” or the pilgrimage of the statue of the Queen of Peace which, carried in procession every day, is hosted by families in which sick and non-self-sufficient people reside.
The “Pilgrim of Love” enters the daily life of families and visits the faithful of the community bringing relief, comfort and help to the families and the sick who, for the occasion, embellish their homes with flowers and lights to worthily welcome Maria Regina of peace.
«It is precisely the Madonna – adds Don Pino – who visits all those people who cannot follow the normal functions in church. Her sweet maternal presence will certainly dispense thanks and blessings to those who, at times, are marked by illness and loneliness.”
The program of the Peregrinatio provides that the recitation of the meditated holy rosary will be followed by an adequate Marian catechesis and the consecration of the family to the Madonna.
Every evening all the faithful, welcoming the Pope’s appeals, in front of the image of the Madonna, are joining their voices to the choral prayer of those throughout the world imploring the gift of peace.
