Via dei Priori and Lake Trasimeno. There is a close connection between the city of Perugia and Lake Trasimeno, not surprisingly in ancient times it was called the Lake of Perugia. The importance of Trasimeno for the city of Perugia is testified by two tiles of the Fontana Maggiore, a symbolic monument of Perugia: one reproduces two fishermen with fish, another the Nymph of Trasimeno.
INVOCATION TO OUR LADY OF LIGHT
In your light we see the Light, O Virgin Mary,
here honored for centuries as the vigilant sentinel of the city,
made even more maternal and affectionate by the offenses of the careless,
who in distant times brought injury to your name.Turn the heart and the gaze of those who, in their difficulties,
invoke yourname as an anchor of salvation.When we are clothed in your light of grace
we will see more clearly the plans of God
and his will for our restless time.Please shed light on our path, O Mother,
and help us to distinguish well between good and evil,
and to always choose what benefits our life.Please allow us to honor your son and our Lord Jesus,
here honored with permanent Eucharistic Adoration,
with a coherent and holy Christian life,
open to the sufferings of so many sorrows of hearts
that seek to please God,
o clement, o pious, o sweet Virgin Mary.†GIUSEPPE
Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve
(June 2004)
INVOCATION TO OUR LADY OF LIGHT
In your light we see the Light, O Virgin Mary,
here honored for centuries as the vigilant sentinel of the city,
made even more maternal and affectionate by the offenses of the careless,
who in distant times brought injury to your name.
Turn the heart and the gaze of those who, in their difficulties,
invoke yourname as an anchor of salvation.
When we are clothed in your light of grace
we will see more clearly the plans of God
and his will for our restless time.
Please shed light on our path, O Mother,
and help us to distinguish well between good and evil,
and to always choose what benefits our life.
Please allow us to honor your son and our Lord Jesus,
here honored with permanent Eucharistic Adoration,
with a coherent and holy Christian life,
open to the sufferings of so many sorrows of hearts
that seek to please God,
o clement, o pious, o sweet Virgin Mary.
†GIUSEPPE
Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve
(June 2004)
Tiberius of Assisi, Madonna and Child among Saints Francis and Louis (16th century) in the Renaissance Church of Our Lady of Light – Perugia (1513)
Inscriptions: NUBES DIEI SEMPER IN LUCE FLECTE OCULOS VIRGO MISERI PALLANTIAS ORBIS INCIPET CAPTUS LUCE VIDERE DIEM (Cloud of the day always in the light (cf. SAL 77.14). Virgin, dawn of the world, soften the eyes of the unfortunate: conquered by light, he will begin to see the day.