It is estimated that about 2,500 Yucatecans traveled from Mérida and about 2,500 more residents of the country’s capital will come to celebrate the traditional Yucatecan Day in the Basilica of Guadalupe in the country’s capital.
Priest Jorge Martínez Ruz, Spokesman of the Archdiocese of Yucatán, reported that about 1,800 people traveling by bus, about 50 in total, have been traveling to this pilgrimage of the Yucatecans to the Tepeyac hermitage since this Sunday.
He explained that on Thursday the 12th at 10 in the morning, the holy mass will be held for all Yucatecans in the Basilica of Guadalupe, an event that will be presided over by the Archbishop of Yucatán, Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, and the Auxiliary Bishop and Episcopal Vicar of the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Yucatán, Pedro Mena Díaz and the Archbishop Emeritus Emilio Carlos Berlié.
Martinez Ruz said that Monsignor Rodríguez Vega officiated at a ceremony before the departure of the caravan where he offered a blessing to the travelers. Highlighting the importance of faith and the value of visiting the Guadalupe sanctuary, an act that is already customary for many Yucatecans who come to the veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Empress of America.
He reported that the religious ceremony will be broadcast live through the electronic address: http://basilica.mxv.mx/web1/-home/envivo.html to be able to keep an eye on this celebration and the details that will take place. in this sanctuary. He pointed out that for those who follow this live broadcast, the mass is valid because there are adults and people with different abilities, who for some reason cannot travel or move.
He explained that, as part of the activities of the visit to the sanctuary, before the religious ceremony there will be a pilgrimage along Calzada de los Misterios avenue until reaching the atrium of the Basilica, everyone dressed as mestizos and carrying Guadalupe banners, flowers and offerings. , music, and songs that will be offered to the Morena Virgin.
It is expected that there will be more than 5 thousand people, said priest Martínez Ruz, since every year the number of people grows, both from travelers who go from the different parishes of Mérida and the towns, to the Yucatecans residing in the capital and other cities in the area, which also serves for family reunions.
He explained that the newly appointed Cardinal Primate of Mexico, Carlos Aguilar Retes, and the Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico Franco Cóppola, who has visited Mérida on three occasions and values in great esteem the closeness of the Yucatecans with the Virgin of Mexico, are also invited to this ceremony. Guadalupe, as well as Yucatecan priests and clerics living in other states of the country, he pointed out
