The Vicar General of the Diocese, Juan Tudela, asks to proclaim the resurrection and the brothers pray for the victims of the pandemic
A week after the proclamation of Holy Week pronounced by the chief of the Defense Staff, Teodoro López Calderón, the Brotherhood of the Resurrected celebrated the Resurrexit last night in the church of Santa María de Gracia, a paraliturgical act that was officiated by the vicar general of the Diocese of Cartagena, Juan Tudela García. The ceremony, charged with great emotion, set the eyes of the brothers on Easter Sunday, the day they dream of recovering their procession after three years without it.
The words of Tudela García in his homily resonated in the hearts of those who packed the temple on Calle del Aire. He reminded the processionists of the Pope’s message addressed to Christians at this time prior to Easter. Where does Lent point? Lent is not an end, because if there is no resurrection it is worth nothing », he reflected. He also asked that when they go out in procession they shout symbolically that “Christ is risen”, that “he is the reason for Christianity” and that “everyone unite because death is not the end, but the beginning”.
In the petitions, the Risen Ones asked for Pope Francis, for Bishop José Manuel Lorca Planes and for “peace in the world, in all those places where there are wars and conflicts, especially in Ukraine.” They also did it “for the victims of the pandemic”, so that they “find rest in the Risen Christ”.
Roman soldiers star today in the first parade announcing Holy Week this year
The quintessential liturgical act of the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Risen in Lent was preceded, as is tradition, by the tour of the escolatas section through the streets of the historic center, before concentrating at the gates of the temple. The act began with a claustral procession from the chapel of the Brotherhood of the Resurrected to the main altar, where the image of its owner was.
civil authorities
The mayor, Noelia Arroyo, who on Friday received the distinctive medal of the resurrected, the Minister of the Presidency, Tourism, Culture and Sports, Marcos Ortuño, and the president of the Port Authority, Yolanda Muñoz, occupied the main places reserved for the authorities civilians. As host of all of them, Marién García Boj served for the first time, who was elected older sister of the most modern of the brotherhoods in February.
The resurrected today star in the first parade announcing Holy Week. The Group of Roman Soldiers will be in charge of parading through the center. The popular Jews will start at 10 am from the headquarters of the brotherhood. The first stop will be at 10:45 am, at the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. They will deliver the Manuel Molina award, in memory of who was a patrician of the Roman Soldiers, to the Quillo Drummer Youth Association. Likewise, a poster of Holy Week in Cartagena from the year 1949 will be delivered to the brotherhood, by the Association.
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