In Memoria Di Me (In Memory of Myself) Page #3

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listening to what they have to tell us

is a great opportunity for us

to discover our own behaviour.

How we appear to others and

what we communicate to them.

The comments of others serve

to question our own image,

the image

we have created of ourselves.

Only humiliation can teach us

the essence of humility.

Listen, Andrea,

to what your brothers

have to say to you.

You seem too sure of yourself.

You are too curious,

too indiscreet.

You seem presumptuous.

It seems like you are running away

from something.

It feels like you are judging me.

You seem cold, indifferent.

I'm afraid of you,

you seem arrogant.

You seem vain.

It's the new schedule

for the homilies.

It's tomorrow.

You're the first.

You'll have to write it tonight.

We have taken refuge here,

in the shade of this island,

the dwelling of God,

that takes us in and absolves us

from every human fear.

What have we given up?

Only that which

we didn't want anyway.

Love so commonplace that

it was destined to die of habit.

We have discovered that

our revolution lies in rules.

Daily routines, rituals

and liturgies which prevent us

from straying into error.

But this is still no guarantee

that we will become better men.

We quote the Scriptures,

meditate on the Gospel,

but no one knows better than we do

how difficult it is to live by them.

Should we blame ourselves for this?

Is there another path for us,

other than teaching the Gospel?

No.

We know that we must be

the guides for humanity,

that when hearing the Gospel,

desires ethics.

That when sensing love,

prefers severity.

That when hoping for forgiveness,

hurries to condemn.

And when it should fall

silent and weep,

asks God to account for what it,

and it alone, should have done.

You are judging.

There is no love in what you say.

I don't pretend

to make people fall in love.

I am here to learn

the contents of the faith.

But love is

the contents of the faith.

I think people

must fall in love with Christ

even if they have never read a word

of the tons of literature

that has been written about Him.

How can you be

scientific about Christ?

We are called upon to explain

the reasons for our faith.

The Gospel exists.

He who explains it must give

the instruments to understand it.

You are the Gospel when

you are a priest.

It is through you that the people

expect to see Christ.

If there weren't a single copy

of the Gospel in the world,

if I was told

that God doesn't exist,

that Jesus Christ was only a lie...

But if through someone else,

I truly experienced Him myself,

be certain...

Be certain

I'd prefer to stay with Christ

than with all the other

truths of this world.

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