In prayer with Pier Giorgio towards the Holy Year
Basilica of S. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome
We will gather to recite the First Vespers of Advent together and to adore the Blessed Sacrament (the event poster is attached), accompanied by the reading of Pier Giorgio's letters and the words of Don Paolo Asolan - author of his spiritual biography "Io, ma non più io" (Ed. San Paolo 2023).
In this basilica lie the remains of St. Catherine, to whom Pier Giorgio was particularly devoted. One day he said to his friend Franz Massetti, “Look, St. Catherine still had the gift of seeing Jesus in life, but we must wait to go to Heaven”; only four days later, Pier Giorgio reached that Heaven with death, which he awaited as the most beautiful day of his life. It was the Holy Year of 1925.
For those who cannot be present, the celebration will be broadcast live on the Facebook page “Basilica Rettoria S. Maria sopra Minerva”
If for organizational reasons it is not possible to participate in our meeting, it would be nice if in other places in Italy and the world Pier Giorgio's friends could gather to pray in the same way. For this purpose we are sending you the prayer booklet.
This meeting will be our way of saying with Pier Giorgio: “You see, the plans for the Holy Year are grandiose” and like him prepare ourselves to live fully this time in which “the graces of the Lord multiply” (To Franz Massetti, 4 January 1925)
