In the afternoon of Holy Saturday, at 17 pm, the archbishop of Turin Msgr. Cesare Nosiglia will lead a moment of prayer in front of the Holy Shroud. The particular exposition will be held in the chapel where the Sacred Sheet is kept in the Turin Cathedral.
The event will be broadcast live on television and also in live streaming on social platforms. At the end of the live TV, the dialogue and reflection will continue on social networks with the intervention of experts and "witnesses" of the time we are living.
The exposition of the Holy Shroud live on TV and on the web
That of the S.Holy Abbot it is a different exhibition than in the past. The Shroud will remain in the case in which it is normally kept and it will be possible to contemplate it through the images transmitted by the media. Furthermore it must be said that with direct social, the involvement is global.
The platforms that will transmit the moment of prayer, in fact, will reach the faithful of the entire planet. The social platform is created with the contribution of the Piedmont Region. The direction of the images is by the team of the youth ministry of the diocese of Turin, which is preparing the European meeting of the young people of Taizé scheduled for next December.
The world in prayer before the Holy Cloth
“Dear friends scattered throughout the world, I am waiting for you on Saturday to raise a choral prayer to God through the contemplation of the Shroud. The Shroud always repeats it to our hearts: the stronger the love ". This is the appeal of Monsignor Nosiglia who announced the special exhibition. The prelate said he had collected the thousands of requests from people of all ages to be able to pray in front of the Shroud.
A moment of deep recollection to "implore from the dead and risen Christ, which the Sacred Cloth presents to us in such a true and concrete way, the grace to overcome evil as he did, trusting in the goodness and mercy of God". Mons. Nosiglia, pontifical custodian of the Shroud, recalled for the occasion a passage from the message written by Pope Francis for the 2013 exposition. us, freeing ourselves from sin and death. He invites us to trust, not to lose hope, the strength of the love of God and of the Risen One overcomes everything ".
The Holy Shroud, the most discussed sheet in the world
La Holy Shroud is one of the most studied objects in the world, the cloth that has always animated debates and disputes between theologians and scientists. For those who believe, it is the shroud of Christ, for those who are atheists or agnostics it is however a 'something special' that still needs to be studied to be definitively 'decoded'. The exposition in this difficult historical moment marked by a terrible world pandemic is certainly a further gift from the Pope to all humanity, believers and non-believers.
Meditation in front of Christ's shroud is meant to be a propitious occasion to ask for serenity and peace for our world. A planet already afflicted by wars and environmental disasters which, for a few weeks, finds itself fighting against an invisible enemy that is generating death and misery. Holy Saturday, therefore, all in prayer before the Shroud so that man may rediscover the high road of wisdom and rediscover love for one's neighbor and respect for creation.
