It is a very old devotion, but not from another era. It is a tradition, but it breathes, palpitates and lives. The manifestation was in the prayers and the young people, who formed a tandem this Friday afternoon to dress Our Lady of Fuensanta during the trip to the Cathedral.
With the joy and simplicity of starting these festive days, those who are the new living force of the brotherhoods, their youth groups, took center stage in this event organized by the Group of Brotherhoods in honor of their patron saint, who is also the patron saint of Córdoba.
Friday was the day of transferto write the first page after the always moving blessing of the waters of Pocito. The youth groups of the brotherhoods accompanied the Patroness from the sanctuary to the Cathedral, in a long procession.
The Virgin of Fuensanta wore the blue coat with bobbin lace, and many jewels and brooches on their chests. On their temples and on that of the Child Jesus, they wore the crowns of the canonical coronation, which took place in 1994, and this will take place thirty years ago.
For this path it was about a tensioner offered by the Brotherhood of Pasión (the one used in the Lord’s Way of the Cross and the rosary of the Virgin of Love), which has a bronze bell as a knocker, in the Malaga style, and two poles for 18 people.
He gave her great beauty silver templeknown as Villaviciosa, donated by the Cathedral Chapter. It was the one usually used in his procession before the current stage was established, and it was on him in 2015 and on the day of his coronation, among other dates.
Prayers were the sound of this advance through the streets, but there was also music. The Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta Cornet and Drum Band was the guiding cross, after years of absence, and on Saturday she will be the escort.
Satisfaction and also the responsibility You could see them in the faces of the musicians. They were accompanied by friends who have supported them since the resumption of their musical activity, coming from very different places in the province and Leganés.
A novelty compared to last year in this transfer of Fuensanta was the prayer of the Via Lucis Mariano in fourteen significant points of the journey and the reading of the stations followed by a prayer, instead of the rosary.
This prayer of the Via Lucis was used during a pandemic, three years ago, when it could only be performed through the Patio de los Naranjos. Among the selected places On this occasion, the Pocito, the sanctuary square, and already in Agustín Moreno, the parish of Santiago and the convent of Santa Cruz appeared. It was a beautiful sight to see the Virgin pass in front of the altar of San Rafael on Lineros Street, and then in front of the Triumph of San Rafael in the Plaza del Potro.
Already with the the languishing light of day The Queen of Cordoba headed towards her destination in search of the Puerta de Santa Catalina, the Patio de los Naranjos and the Puerta de las Palmas.
The good taste of the day before was left before facing the most intense days with the Patroness: the mass in the Cathedral in the afternoon and, later, the solemn procession to the sanctuary.
On Saturday, the Virgin will retrace her steps and in the procession there will also be performances by the brotherhoods. The cornet and drum group Caído and Fuensanta will open the procession, and Tejera will lead the marches behind the Virgin.
