Solemn Obsequies for the Soul of Msgr. João

Reception of the Body

Numerous spiritual sons and daughters from different countries, together with countless of the faithful, gathered on November 1, 2024 at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Caieiras (SP), for the solemn exequies of Msgr. João ­Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP. The ceremonies began with the reception of the body, accompanied by funerary honours on the patio adjacent to the church, followed by the sprinkling of the body of Msgr. João with holy water, in memory of his Baptism and of his participation in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Reception of the Body

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Mass and Opening of the Obsequial Vigil

Recalling that we live as pilgrims in this land of exile, and that death is a passage to our definitive Homeland, the Heavenly Jerusalem, the coffin entered the basilica in procession and was placed before the steps of the presbytery. The Paschal Candle remained close to it as a sign of Christ’s victory over death. After the concelebration of the Solemn Eucharist, the obsequial vigil begun.

Mass and Opening of the Obsequial Vigil

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