2023-08-31 02:00:00
On May 5, 2016, Pope Francis presided over the prayer vigil called “To dry the tears”, within the framework of the Jubilee of Mercy, the occasion for which the reliquary of the Virgin of Tears was brought to the Vatican. On that occasion, the Holy Father highlighted that “next to each cross is always the Mother of Jesus. With her mantle, she wipes away our tears. With her hand she helps us rise and accompanies us on the path of hope”.
Two years later, on May 25, 2018, Pope Francis again presided over a liturgy in the presence of the reliquary of the tears of the Virgin. From the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, the Holy Father said: “They have brought from Syracuse the relic of the tears of the Virgin. Today they are here, and we pray to the Virgin that she give us and also humanity, because we need the gift of tears, so that we can weep for our sins and for so many calamities that make the people of God and the children of God suffer”.
The Marian Sanctuary of Syracuse receives approximately one million pilgrims each year.
The spouses seers of the miracle of tears. Photo: Sanctuary of the Madonna delle lacrime
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