MADONNA DEL FAGGIO - 26 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 26th of July

 Marian Feast Days 

O glorious Virgin, Mother of God, blessed among all nations, worthy of praise and the greatest of praise, intercede for me with thy beloved Son. O honoured Lady, Mother of the King of Angels and Archangels, assist and deliver me from every difficulty and danger.

O Blossom of the Patriarchs, the Virgins and the Angels, Hope of Glory, Beauty of Virgins, Admiration of the Angels and Archangels, remember me, and forsake me not, I beseech thee, at the terrible hour of my death. O Star of the Sea, Gate of Heaven, Temple of God, Palace of Jesus Christ, Harbour of Safety, Power of all Nations, Pearl of all Sweetness, Hope of the Faithful; O Queen who shelters the guilty, who surpasses in radiance the Virgins and the Angels, thy presence gives joy to all the hosts of Heaven.

Therefore, O Mother of Mercy, I place in the protection of thy holy hands my going out, my coming in, my sleeping, my waking, the sight of my eyes, the touch of my hands, the speech from my lips, the hearing of my ears, so that in everything I may be pleasing to thine own beloved Son. Amen.

MADONNA DEL FAGGIO

In 1672, in the Appeninnes, Italy, a young shepherd spotted - hanging from a beech tree - an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who said to him that she wished a little church to be erected on this spot. 

The edifice was built, and pilgrims started to come from around the area and from further afield, because the news soon spread of the numerous miracles wrought through our Lady's intercession.

PROCESSIONS

From the late eighteenth century, a tradition similar to the Bolognese one of the Madonna di San Luca was started - a procession that carries the sacred image from the Sanctuary to Castelluccio.

Also, year in, year out, up to this day, on July 26 of each year, the day of St Anne, mother of the Virgin, a feast is celebrated in her honour, with a procession to the apparition beech.

(📷 1. The image, 2. The church)