For the second consecutive year, the Movistar Arena in Bogotá will host the massive Catholic concert Cielo Abierto, which is expected to be attended by around eleven thousand people eager to worship Christ in the Eucharist.
The event will take place this Saturday, June 29 at 6:00 p.m. and has the support of the Archdiocese of Bogotá, at whose headquarters the presentation of the concert took place this Monday.
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By 2024, the concerts of Open sky They are carried out with the name “You, at least, love me”, which refers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so this year’s experience is about its devotion and consecration.
Like every year, Saturday’s event will be preceded by nights of Eucharistic adoration that begin today, June 24, in the Cristo Maestro, Santa Teresa de los Andes and Nuestra Señora del Rosario parishes.
These nights, whose purpose is to prepare for the great adoration on Saturday, will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, in the parishes of Santa María Magdalena, El Buen Pastor and Jesús Jesús Nuestra Pascua. On Wednesday it will be Santa Cecilia, Santa María del Prado, Our Lady of Lourdes and Jesus Christ the Redeemer.
On Thursday it will be the turn of the parishes of Santa Inés, Santa María de la Esperanza and San Ramón Nonato. Finally, Friday will correspond to the parishes of San Gabriel Arcángel, San Lucas and Nuestra Señora de las Lajas.
In all these parishes the Eucharist will be celebrated at 6:00 p.m., and at 7:00 p.m. adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will take place.
The spousal love of Jesus for his Church
During the press conference, the director of Cielo Abierto, Pedro González, explained that the central spirituality of this apostolate is, “in Eucharistic adoration, the spousal love of Jesus for his Church.”
Likewise, González, who has directed Cielo Abierto since its founding 14 years ago in Mexico, pointed out that “worship is recognizing God” and that is the objective of the apostolate whose tool is music.
In that sense, this year the concert will also feature the participation of Catholic singers Ana Bolívar (Colombia), Celinés (Dominican Republic), Gerson Pérez (Spain) and the group Si7 (United States).
For her part, Cristal Domínguez, also founder of Cielo Abierto, encouraged parents to teach their children to worship and participate in the Mass. “If we teach our children the experience of Eucharistic adoration, it is a good seed that you leave in the hearts of those little people who will take it to the whole world,” she said.
Also present during the press conference were the Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Mons. Germán Medina, as well as priests Andrés Felipe Arias and Carlos Jiménez, from the Bogotá 2024 Open Sky Coordination.
Admission to the concert on June 29 is free. To inquire about acquiring pre-tickets, you can contact WhatsApp +52 55 4396 6900.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Prensa I have been sent to cover Pope Francis’ trips to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synodality Synod in the Vatican in 2023.