<p class="normal_text">Beginning of my itinerary in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.&nbsp;</p>

<p class="quote"><strong>&laquo;IN THE GOSPEL, WE HEAR JESUS SAY TO HIS DISCIPLE: &ldquo;HERE IS YOUR MOTHER&rdquo;. WE HAVE A MOTHER!&raquo;</strong><br />
Pope Francis&rsquo; homily in Mass with canonization rite of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, on 13th May 2017<br />
High Cross</p>

<p class="normal_text">In this Shrine, the Cross is the signal that raises higher, as the mark of the Crucified who attracts everyone to Him. From here on I am invited to look at this place as the beloved son/daughter whom is given a Mother and a house that is the arriving point of the weariness of the journey as well as always renewed starting point.&nbsp;<br />
As Lucia, in the Tuy apparition in 1929, I pray before Jesus Crucified:</p>

<p class="quote">Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore you profoundly.</p>

<p class="normal_text">In some moments of silence, I gaze at the Cross of Jesus and bring my history to my thoughts and prayer, I recall my inner wounds and willingly prepare my heart to listen, like John:</p>

<p class="quote">.................... [I say my name], here is your Mother!<br />
(cf. Jo 19, 27)</p>

<p class="normal_text">Jesus entrust me to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a haven where I find peace. While walking to the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, I walk by the image of St. John Paul II, the Pope whose motto was based on that delivery to Mary &ndash; Totus Tuus &ndash; which encourages me to feel the same trust. Further ahead, the piece of the Berlin Wall reminds me that, through Mary, God can bring down all walls: those of indifference, of contention, of sin, of death, all of them can be brought down.</p>
