Thousands of faithful attended the central ceremony in honor of St. Stanislaus, the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Krakow and Polish, which took place on Sunday in Krakow.
There, at the Altar of the Three Millennia Mass. He presided by Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, President of the Conference of the Polish Episcopate and the homily delivered by Archbishop Wojciech Polak, Polish Primate. During the ceremony, the first time he’s Choir of the World Youth Days Cracow in 2016.
This year’s festivities in honor of St. Stanislaw attended the Polish Bishops were the next stage of thanksgiving for the gift of faith in Poland in 1050. anniversary of Polish Christianity.
The solemn Mass in the Basilica of the Pauline Fathers on the Rock was preceded by the traditional procession from the Wawel Castle, which was accompanied by the beating of the Sigismund Bell.
Skalka pilgrimage representatives of the Polish Episcopate, bishops from other countries hierarchy. Present were m. In. The Knights of Malta, the knights and ladies of the Holy Sepulchre, members of the Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus, the Association of National Pantheon, the Mother of God of Jasna Gora, the Militia and representatives of the religious state. The ornate kontuszach starring members of the Fowler Brotherhood.
The procession was also attended by volunteers of World Youth Day, who carried the relics. Pope John Paul II and St.. Faustina, the patrons of the July holidays of young people in Poland.
The ceremony was also attended by the authorities of Krakow and Małopolska, politicians, including Prime Minister Polish Law and Justice deputy, as well as representatives of municipalities Malopolska, professors and rectors of universities and crowds of the faithful domestic and foreign, also in traditional folk costumes. Present were scouts, police, fire brigade and the Company Representative of the Polish Army.
Procession presided by Archbishop of Uganda Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, who assisted Bishop Wojciech Osial of the Diocese of Lowicz and Bishop Zbigniew Zielinski of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk. The procession being carried relics of saints and blesseds m. In. St. Stanislaus, St. Adalbert, St.. John Paul II, St. Brother Albert St. Florian, St.. St. Faustina. Jack, as well as the first time the relics of martyrs from the Krakow province of Franciscans. Zbigniew Strzałkowski and about. Michael Tomaszek.
At the beginning of Mass. Cardinal. Stanislaw Dziwisz stressed that after the celebrations in Gniezno and Poznan, during which thanked God for the baptism Polish and one thousand and fifty years of faith in the homeland, came the turn of Krakow. “So in fact came the rebirth of Christianity after the destruction had experienced early community during the invasion of Gniezno Bohemian Duke Bretislav in 1038 years” – rated.
“Every year we return to the place where the Krakow Bishop Stanislaw testified fidelity Jesus Christ and his Gospel “- he said. He recalled the words of St.. John Paul II, who martyrdom of St. Stanislaus called Confirmation of the nation, which should give birth in Poles a special sense of responsibility for the Church.
For participation in the procession of cardinal thanked all the archbishops and bishops, including the representative of the Holy Father, Father. Nuncio Archbishop Celestino Migliore. “We look forward with great joy to the Holy Father and young people from all over the world. Poland and Krakow receive them with open arms and hospitality. We want all of them to survive the great celebration of faith. We want them to show the world the young face of the Church” – he assured.
Cardinal. Dziwisz also asked the representatives of local and central authorities present at the ceremony, including the Prime Minister Polish Beata Awl. “On this occasion I express Madam Prime Minister, and the authorities of gratitude for the care and kind cooperation in the preparations for the adoption of the Holy Father and participants of World Youth Day,” – he said.
In his homily during the ceremony, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, Polish Primate established to 1050 anniversary of the baptism of Polish. “For 966 years we are participants in the history of salvation, but rather – as he wrote in a letter to the editor of” Tygodnik Powszechny “Archbishop Karol Wojtyla – experience that henceforth the history of salvation began to roll along with the history of our nation,” – noted the prelate.
the archbishop recalled that in a pastoral letter issued at the conclusion of the celebration of the millennium, the then Archbishop of Krakow, referring to the unforgettable for all the Polish celebrations of the Millennium of the Baptism of the Wawel and Skalka, called not only to show reverence for our patrons to seek their beatifications and canonizations, but mainly for personal striving for holiness in every vocation. “Today, after fifty years since those events, the day of celebration of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, returns, and to us the same call to holiness” – said the Primate.
“Let us, therefore, that the grace of baptism, constantly we transformed – following the Pauline indication – the strength of this union with God, the power of the love of Christ, the power of the Spirit, which overcomes life’s obstacles and weaknesses, destroys sin, overcomes our fears and concerns, while helping to build the strength that comes from God, and not with us! “- called Metropolitan of Gniezno.
According to him, the authentic answer to the gift of faith requires courageous commitment and even sacrifice their own lives. The prelate said that looking at the history of Stanislaus of Szczepanow and third in the Piast dynasty, after Boleslaw the Brave and Mieszko II, enjoying a royal crown of Boleslaw the Brave and the Generous, we can ask what had happened, that he so quickly, after only a hundred years, which elapsed since the bellows baptism, baptized two people regenerated by the baptism of water and the Holy Spirit, so diametrically differently answered the gift of new life in Christ.
“the answer grows in the soil of human freedom. Baptism for the freedom we do not answer, or even limit. Does not relieve us of the constant stories on the side of truth and goodness. Baptism we truly triggers, and consequently demands – as reminded Karol Wojtyla – human freedom most fully engaged “- explained Archbishop Wojciech Polak.
” By virtue of belonging to Christ and His Church, we are in a position to opt for the what is true, good and beautiful, and at the same time reject the illusion and temptation of power, arrogance, violence and hatred, which resorted to align human accounts with one or another of the sword “- said Polish primate. “In the name of inner freedom we clearly stand on the side of people harmed and the weak, the victims of injustice and frenzied anger – he added.
According to the hierarchy need to ensure that our response was the answer,” baked in a real oven round glowing love of God, glowing in Polish soil and in the hearts of the Polish thousand years. “
” for the longing of our hearts, to the calls us the voice of conscience, this response requires us here and now the Gospel: answer as people baptized faithful witness of the holy Stanislaus, committed and courageous, mature and creative, far-sighted and generous “- underlined Archbishop Wojciech Polak.
accentuated WYD in today’s ceremony was a musical setting of the Eucharist. On the Rock first appeared on the official chorus of the World Youth Days. During the church service for the first time publicly sounded Missa Ioannis Pauli secundi – Mass of John Paul II, written by Henry John Botor and the anthem of the World Youth Day Krakow 2016 “Blessed are the merciful.”
At the end of the ceremony, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, Chairman Polish Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal assured. Stanislaw Dziwisz cooperation and assistance necessary for the organization of World Youth Day.
The tradition of the procession with the relics of St. Stanislaw dating back to the Middle Ages. The first procession took place after the canonization of Bishop Stanislaus in 1253. St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów was bishop of Krakow. According to the written chroniclers died in Krakow on the Rock in 1079 at the hands of King Boleslaw the Brave.
Over the centuries, perpetuated the habit of crossing with the relics of St. on Sunday 8 May, which is the octave celebrations Patron Saint. Stanislaus.
St. Stanislaw is the main patron of the Archdiocese of Krakow and Polish.
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