In his sermon, the speaker of the farewell service on Pentecost, Gyimesbük parish priest József Salamon of Moldavian origin, preached attachment to faith, to the Virgin Mary, to Csíksomlyó.
Using the words of József Salamon of his homeland, he declared that "where are they", that is, they feel at home in the Csíksomlyó mountain saddle, the pilgrims of the vow farewell.
for centuries Csíksomlyó "represented a spiritual oasis" for the Moldavian Csangós , where they could pray and sing in their native language, where they found themselves and became stronger. "As long as this affection for Csíksomlyó lives in our souls (...), we will have a future, we will have faith, we will have values, we will have an idea about the future," he emphasized. József Salamon mentioned: the pilgrims from Csíksomlyo came to the mountain saddle under a cross, many of them with walking sticks in their hands. He recalled: when Bishop Áron Márton was confirmed in Gyimesek in 1949, the news spread that the communist authorities wanted to arrest him. The people of Gyimesbükki, dressed in festive clothes, accompanied their bishop to Csíksomlyo with a stick used as support and protection. They protected each other under the protection of the flag and the cross.
"Let's continue on the path that strengthens us in true cooperation and unity with our elders," declared the speaker.
Source: 888.hu
He also mentioned in his sermon that if everyone devoted as much time to spreading the good as to looking for scapegoats and justifying their truth, progress would be enormous. The farewell mass will be presented by László Kerekes, assistant bishop of Gyulafehérvár. The special highlight of this year's farewell was Molnár Levente, an opera singer from Székelyföld, who took on the main secular patronage of the pilgrimage. Starting from Máriapócs, the world-famous baritone partially made the journey to Csíksomlyo on foot, and brought the prayer ribbons of the communities along the way. Before the start of the mass, Levente Molnár sang the Palóc hymn and said that he offered his pilgrimage for the unity of the nation. Fewer people took part in the farewell than on occasions before the epidemic, but the crowd still filled the mountain saddle. Source and featured image: 888.hu
