FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH

I WROTE ON 11TH NOVEMBER 2009:

FATHER LUIGI CIOTTI.
READ! READ CAREFULLY!
THIS IS A MESSENGER OF CHRIST. A PRIEST OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH. THE REAL CHURCH!
WE SHARE AND AGREE WITH HIS OPINION ON THE DEFENSE OF THE CRUCIFIX AT SCHOOL.
HIS WORD SHAKES THE GENEROUS HEARTS WHO LOVE TRUTH, JUSTICE AND LOVE.
THANK YOU FATHER LUIGI.

WITH FRATERNAL DEVOTION
GIORGIO BONGIOVANNI

 
MONTEVIDEO (URUGUAY)
11TH NOVEMBER 2009

?THE YOUTHS ARE THE CRUCIFIXES TO DEFEND?

The crucifixes to be defended, the real ones, are not those put up on the school walls, but others. They are those men and women who struggle, who are overcome and die of hardship. We cannot remain indifferent towards them.
?A crucifix is a person affected by AIDS, needing care and support. A crucifix is that Brazilian guy who died in Turin a few days ago. He had left wife and children at home, had arrived here looking for a job, but did not make it?.
We went to his funeral. There were many people, and many did not even know him, yet they were there to share sufferance and pain.
?It?s fair to defend the symbols of your beliefs, yet this should not result in pure idealism. Even the gospel mentions it: the pieces of God are spread in the world around us. We find them everywhere in the real life, in every day?s life, among the people living next to us which we do not even notice.?
?We need to learn living in a responsible way, like the many volunteers that dedicate their time to a good cause which is not just their own, but public, belonging to everyone. We all must feel involved, both in large cities or small towns. Participating is the first step towards the weak ones.?
?The crucifixes must not be defended just with words. In fact too often these are not enough. One needs to learn facing reality concretely, giving a hand to lonely people and to those who cannot be aided by their relatives?.

11th November 2009
La Stampa.it