The First Eucharistic Procession: Mary's Visitation
Vatican, Jun. 01 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican closed the month of May with a traditional procession through the Vatican gardens on Tuesday evening.
Archbishop Angelo Comastri, the vicar general for the Vatican city-state, led the procession on its way from the Church of St. Stephen of the Abyssinians, near St. Peter's basilica, to the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican gardens. There the participants were addressed by Pope Benedict XVI.
Calling attention to the Year of the Eucharist, the Holy Father observed that "Mary helps us to discover" the mystery of Communion. Noting that the day was the feast of the Visitation, he added that Mary's trip to see her cousin Elizabeth was, in a sense, "the first Eucharistic procession in history." Now the faithful perform the same role, he said, as the Church "unceasingly welcomes Jesus in the holy Eucharist and carries him to the world."
-Catholic Culture
Archbishop Angelo Comastri, the vicar general for the Vatican city-state, led the procession on its way from the Church of St. Stephen of the Abyssinians, near St. Peter's basilica, to the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican gardens. There the participants were addressed by Pope Benedict XVI.
Calling attention to the Year of the Eucharist, the Holy Father observed that "Mary helps us to discover" the mystery of Communion. Noting that the day was the feast of the Visitation, he added that Mary's trip to see her cousin Elizabeth was, in a sense, "the first Eucharistic procession in history." Now the faithful perform the same role, he said, as the Church "unceasingly welcomes Jesus in the holy Eucharist and carries him to the world."
-Catholic Culture
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