San Gennaro, the miracle repeated itself, the blood melted (PHOTO)

The miracle of San Gennaro. At 10 o'clock the archbishop of Naples, Monsignor Domenico Battaglia, announced to the faithful present in the Cathedral that the blood of the patron saint had liquefied. The announcement was accompanied by the traditional waving of a white handkerchief by a delegate member of the Deputation of San Gennaro.

The ampoule containing the blood of San Gennaro was brought by the archbishop from the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro to the altar of the Cathedral. Already during the journey, the blood appeared to melt in the eyes of the faithful who greeted the event with a long applause.

“'We thank the Lord for this gift, for this sign so important for our community”.

These are the first words spoken by the Archbishop of Naples, Monsignor Domenico Battaglia, after the announcement of the miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of San Gennaro. “It is nice to gather around this altar - added Battaglia - to celebrate the Eucharist of life and to ask for St. Gennaro's intercession, so that we can fall in love with life and the Gospel more and more. We don't always succeed because life is marked by weaknesses and fragility ”.

For Monsignor Battaglia it is the first feast of San Gennaro in this capacity, having been appointed archbishop of Naples last February.

“Naples is a page of the Gospel written by the sea. Nobody has the recipe for the good of Naples in their pockets and for this reason we are each called to make their own contribution starting from their own history and commitment, without getting stuck in the shallow waters of useless conflicts, for their own sake ".

This was stated by the archbishop of Naples, Monsignor Domenico Battaglia, in his homily. "Our city - added Battaglia - must not fail in its vocation as a land of the sea, generating encounters, becoming a crossroads of unexpected contaminations, where the differences of individuals harmonize in a community journey, in a wider 'we' that enhances everyone, starting with the little ones, those who trudge and struggle more. Naples is called to be a safe haven for its children, avoiding giving in to sterile individualistic and biased logics, looking instead at the broad horizon of the good of all, aware that the horizon is something towards which one is navigating but which is not never owns at all ”.

The archbishop then asked “my Church of Naples to put itself more and more at the service of this journey towards the common good, in the awareness that the Gospel is good news for everyone, a sure compass for every navigation”.