This morning, at 10.30, I participated with other former soldiers at the Memorial Mass for the repose of the Infantry - the weapon more "numbers" of Italian Armed Forces - in the ancient Basilica of St. Michele in Pavia, where between the seventh and eighth centuries is crowned the "King of the Lombards."
The religious - who were present, as well as the representation of the Fanti Giuseppe Meazza with the President and other senior figures, several representatives of other departments of the Armed Forces and the Order, and some local authorities - was very solemn, accompanied under the pulpit of the altar, the flags of the delegations present.
The Celebrant, drawing on readings of the day and the Gospel, he delivered a homily full value dell'imopegno of Catholics, including the armed forces, for peace and friendship among peoples.
Towards the end of the Mass, Jack Honour, has read "The Infantryman's Prayer" and a "Thought of Peace", taken from a letter from a Jack in the First World War, followed by the traditional "Order Out of Silence ", played on trumpet by a talented trumpeter of the Gang of Belgaum.
The Mass is ended around 11.45. On the square in front of the Basiola, there were the usual greetings of mutual trade between the veterans department present.
Before Mass I took the opportunity to photograph some of the details of the Basilica and some recently restored works of art, in that post, I put the top of the photo shoot. In the third place image is photographed the famous eighth-century crucifix and refined by the Lombard queen Theodotus.
Image quality (nearly all) is not the best, mainly because of the special illumination of the Temple, whose lights were turning photographic images into a yellow-orange tones. For a better shooting would be needed-color filters, does not present properly on my small digital camera.
It 's the case that : "We must make do with what goes on the Convent, the Basilica better."
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