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He showed his gratitude to the Virgin, as "so many generations throughout history have been confined to the Carmelite church sharing concerns and pleas"

"The Barrio del Carmen is dressed in their finery.

Murcia whole takes to the street.

Mary sang together, and we do from faith, from the heart, from the loving memory of those moments that we live and children, when we learned to be Marian as an indispensable means to reach Christ. "

With these words, the president of the Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, praised the great devotion, and the city of Murcia to the image venerated in the Carmelite church in the proclamation of the Coronation of the Virgin of Carmen, delivered today at the Church Carmen de Murcia.

An act prior to the Canonical Coronation of the Virgin, to be held next Saturday in the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga.

Valcárcel showed his gratitude to the Virgin as "so many generations and, throughout history, have been confined to the ancient temple raising brown eyes and hearts, sharing concerns, hopes and prayers."

In addition, he said, "the honor that is in addition to having also been appointed patron of the Coronation of the Virgin, as so beautiful and deserved act of gratitude and enthusiasm."

The president of the Community held in his proclamation a tour of its religious experiences through their childhood memories and vivid moments, "In my visits to this temple in which one learned to be a Carmelite and colorao to the feeling excited and direct requests simple and sincere in my prayers to the Blessed Virgin of Carmen. "

Scenes and memories also of adolescence and youth, devotion and faith settlement that grew with people, to become more mature without losing a bit of affection for the figure of the Mother of God, "he said.

Thus, evoked the preacher shared moments in a family environment, college, fraternity and neighborhood in the vicinity of the Church of Carmen, as well as important historical events experienced in the city of Murcia around the different titles Marian.

In 1927 he crowned the image of the patron saint of the city and its garden, the Virgin of Fuensanta.

On that occasion, in the Old Bridge over the river Segura.

At the height of the union of Murcia with its Barrio del Carmen, the Papal Nuncio and the Bishop of Cartagena deposited upon his head a beautiful crown of gold.

"Nearly eighty years later, in 2006, the deep devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows to carve two and half centuries before Salzillo Francisco, was reflected in the crowning of the size that took place in the plaza del Cardenal Belluga, shaking both curiosity Old Bridge as the imafronte cathedral, architectural frameworks of both coronations, are by the same author: Jaime Bort and Melia great, "he said.

Coronations and tokens of affection from Murcia to the president Valcárcel referred to as "multiple invocations for the same Virgin, Mother of God and our Mother" and that "it is as Mother of us all, from each of the world, from every corner, every hood, every temple and every home receives multiple invocations filial love.

Carmelite history of the neighborhood

The president referred to the historical vicissitudes lived in the Barrio del Carmen, which has always been the veneration of its inhabitants to the Virgin.

"Since the church has heard the prayers that she rose at times of particular difficulty, as the floods that once distress to the residents of the neighborhood or drought, lack of water remains a concern of everyone," he said.

Moreover, Valcárcel also had words for the religious order of Carmelites, "who settled in Murcia and thus, over time, the old quarter of San Benito, turned his name to the Lady, from the convent extended on the same protective mantle. "

And for this, said, "not only overcame the difficulties of the times or rivalries with other religious orders, but also the costly communication with Murcia through a river that at times was becoming brave, former Carmelite convent stood firm until that on the night of October 14, 1651 came one of those dreaded floods, the call of San Calixto, in which the force of the water got into the neighborhood, saw the devastation and brought to the convent those waters. "

A hundred years would take the Carmelites to see up again a temple to their convent, a long century that the orphans were Carmelite parish church, until late in the second half of the eighteenth century saw its completion of the new temple in which to place its patron, "to venerate the same as today and that in a few days, the Bishop of Cartagena, Bishop Reig Pla, crowned with thousands of fervent devotees," he added.

Finally, Valcárcel was eliminated in his opening speech with an emotional remembrance of his family, especially toward the figure of their parents, "with such good memories, so many legends, and customs," but especially, "and so deep faith handed "he said.

Source: CARM