The parish of San Ginés celebrated this Wednesday the Eucharist presided over by the priest Jesús Sastre assisted by the titular parish priest Juan Carlos Medina in which the presentation of the Holy Oils of the catechumens, the sick and the Holy Chrism was carried out.
Once the Eucharist was finished, the procession of the Holy Encounter took place, a symbol of the encounter between Jesus and his mother, Mary, on the way to Calvary. In this case, the processional route takes two paths, on the one hand the images of Jesus the Nazarene carrying the Cross accompanied by Veronica, the Magdalene and Saint John and on the other hand, the image of Our Lady of Sorrows. Both go through the main streets of Arrecife until they reach La Plazuela where the Holy Encounter takes place, between the mother and her son".
A moment of reflection where the parishioners stop and the priest who presides over the procession proceeds to the sermon, relating to those present the meaning of this journey. Images that represent very unique characters and that are at the service of an intense experience of the faith of Christians. They are an expression of that faith and a vehicle to deepen it. At this moment of the Holy Encounter, the priest Jesús Sastre read this poem by Leonor Velásquez:
How beautiful and good it seems
our humble procession,
Each time, with more members
and with much devotion.
The brothers are already approaching
and the procession comes out,
And to the sound of our trumpets
we are asking for forgiveness.
Let's look at our Father
carrying our Cross,
We ask him to forgive us
and guide us with his light.
To this world that does not see,
blinded by so much evil,
may it not shed more blood
and give us back Peace.
Forgiveness Virgin Dolorosa
Mother of our Jesus,
for those bitter hours
that you spent before the Cross.
Next, the processional retinue set off led by the La Unión music band, directed by Professor Alfonso Duro Cabezón followed by the images, the priests and parishioners until they reached the mother church of San Ginés Obispo where they were dismissed with loud applause.
