Notizie

The connection between Monte Sant’Angelo and Mont Saint-Michel dates back centuries.

The sanctuary on the Norman islet was built 1,300 years ago ad instar (i.e., in likeness) to the one on Gargano: the hagiography of the two places linked to St. Michael features the same symbolic elements, and “relics” (stones) taken from the Sacred Cave in Puglia were inserted into the foundations of the French abbey under construction.

In the name of their respective patron saints, the two sanctuaries celebrated their Jubilee on Saturday, December 6th.

The rite of Prayer for the Pilgrimage to the Holy Door was held in the Chapel of Reconciliation. Rector Suchy, pointing to the rock that distinguishes the sanctuary, emphasized that the Archangel invites all his devotees to base their hope on Christ, the rock of faith, and to “start afresh” from Him, a soul freed from the burdens and burdens of sin. He added that the two places linked to St. Michael represent the “torches that have burned for centuries on the European continent and proclaim that life is, indeed, a spiritual struggle, but it is a struggle inhabited by angels: for this reason, evil does not have the last word; light is stronger than darkness; mercy is more powerful than sin.”

At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, there was a significant exchange of gifts, or rather, “stones”: as thirteen centuries ago, a stone from the Grotto of Monte Sant’Angelo will be taken to Mont Saint-Michel, and a stone from the Norman temple will remain at the sanctuary where the cult of St. Michael originated in the West. Gestures aimed at strengthening relationships of spiritual communion and pastoral collaboration.