C arissimi,
since it was first made public the news of my choice to leave the parish Sellia only to serve the community of Simeri, feelings in the minds of selliesi were different, mixed with disappointment, sadness, bitterness. The choice was purely personal, no one has taken off, no one forced me.
These days many things have been said and I've read a lot and I'm sorry I can not answer. In fact, someone came to say that after a month of my arrival in the community, I wanted to leave. It seems a bit 'too much.
Here's how the facts are:
About five months ago, I went to the Bishop with a specific request : one, that can be exempted to serve both parishes Sellia Simeri and why the current state of health does not allow me to carry out pastoral service well, after my own heart and the heart of God at that moment there were no solutions, a solution arrived 20 days ago, with the availability of the new pastor, Father Don Simon and Mauritius.
Why I decided to parish instead of another? There are obvious reasons, namely logistics practices: Simeri is a smaller community, with less sick, structurally speaking more appropriate to me, with one church, etc.. and this is when I told the Bishop and he is a witness and then making a personal assessment of personal reasons I had to decide that. People would like to know these reasons, but these are part of my person and my right to remain.
I should point out what I told the Bishop: "Sir, today I can tell you that 90% of the population Sellia loves me and has a profound respect for me and will be sorry when the news" and it really was. This is true and I think with the heart. You love me, really well. But I have liked and you will love.
Parlando con una persona le ho detto due cose: la prima: in questi anni vi ho visti sempre come delle perle che il Signore mi ha consegnato e come un pezzo della mia carne e questo mi ha fatto gioire per le vostre gioie e mi ha fatto soffrire per le vostre sofferenze. Nel povero, ho visto Gesù, nell'ammalato ho visto Gesù, nel bambino ho visto Gesù, in tutti ho visto Gesù e tutto ciò che ho fatto l'ho fatto come se lo facessi a Gesù. La seconda cosa che le ho detto è stata questa: ogni qualvolta in una comunità parrocchiale avvengono dei problemi è sempre responsabilità del sacerdote che li permette. Se il sacerdote fosse più prudente, più saggio, più saint, more closely, certain things would happen. From this non-additive understand that no one but myself. That said, I repeat: it was a purely personal choice.
But what, right now I would like to reiterate is: A Sellia I did everything with love and dedication, sometimes even wrong, but always with much love. Special saddle there are many people who truly loves the Lord and that will go beyond the priest. Today, however Sellia lives at a particular time and if there is a move, and you put hand on heart and conscience, is bound to die, but let me, in the sincerity of my talk, someone been waiting for this: the failure.
I came in simplicity and I'm leaving in its simplicity. I came with nothing and I'm so full of love and one of the children I have always carried in the palms of the hands of the elders, as someone who knows what suffering is, I made one with them and I always tried to give them a smile, more attention, that of many Christian couples of which is full Sellia witnessing the love of Jesus, made a sacrament, that of young people who have always supported me even though on several occasions I had to show strong and hard but you just turn on the news to see what happens around. Thanks to those who in these years did not spare anything in and worked not for vainglory but for the love of God and to others.
I apologize if I offended anyone, I ask forgiveness if I missed something in, forgive me if I let you down. This is my choice, though not sharing it stick to it. And if in the last years I did a little 'good, remember me for that.
Sellia bye. I'll take you in my heart.
Thanks
Don Francesco Cristofaro
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