The father of maimed children (children maimed by landmines), Don Carlo Gnocchi, will soon be blessed. On January 17, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI authorized the promulgation of the decree concerning a miracle attributed to him, a decisive step towards the glory of the altars of Don Carlo Gnocchi. According to Vatican authorities, through his intercession would have been saved in 1979 Alden Sperandio, an electrician who was struck upon the name. The mission of Don Gnocchi, was to help others and, in particular orphans and innocent victims della guerra. Le iniziative di carità competente e coraggiose, fanno di lui un precursore nel campo della cura dei disabili, infatti, è famoso per essere stato il fondatore dell’opera “Pro Juventute”, che oggi porta il suo nome, e conta ventinove centri di riabilitazione e recupero in nove regioni e assiste 3500 persone ogni giorno.
Chi era Don Gnocchi?
Carlo Gnocchi nasce a San Colombano al Lambro, vicino a Lodi, il 25 ottobre 1902 dal padre Enrico, marmista, e da mamma Clementina, sarta. Rimasto orfano a cinque anni si trasferisce a Milano con la madre e i due fratelli, Mario ed Andrea, che di lì a poco moriranno di tubercolosi. A 22 è ordinato sacerdote. Nel 1940, con l’ingresso dell’Italia in World War II, he volunteered as chaplain of the battalion of Alpini 'Val Tagliamento', Grecia.Terminata participating in the campaign of the war in the Balkans, after a brief interval in Milan in 1942 for Russia as part of the chaplain of the Mountain Trent Division, and the disastrous retreat in January 1943, which saw the death of many soldiers, it leads to a profound spiritual crisis. The bad experiences that provokes doubts and questions about the goodness of God in the dark Lord of history relies on learning to understand the salvific value of suffering of the innocent. And 'at that time that mature in him a desire to assist the orphans of his mountain, the maimed war victims of bombings and weapons of war broke out between their hands and people with disabilities of all kinds. Decorated with a silver medal for military valor, in the years 1944-45 also joined the Resistance undergoing imprisonment. In 1947 he founded the institution 'Pro mutilated infants in 1953 changed its name to' Pro Juventute Foundation '. Don Carlo Gnocchi was the "Don Bosco" in Milan. At his premature death, which occurred February 28, 1956, he wanted his corneas were explanted to give her two children who are blind receive their sight, Amabile and Silvio Colagrande Batts, when in Italy there was still a law on transplantation, launched , also thanks to him, after a few weeks. On 1 March Archbishop Montini - later Pope Paul VI - celebrating the funeral of Don Carlo, which was great for participation and excitement, one hundred thousand people filled the Cathedral of Milan, maimed in mind the tears and the Alps, across the plaza el ' entire city of Milan edged lutto.Tutti to recall witnesses who ran to the cathedral a slogan "He was a saint, died a saint." During the ceremony, a child was brought to the microphone, he said: "Before you'd say hello Don Carlo. Now I say hello, St. Charles. " There was a standing ovation.
Today, this statement leads us to believe that it is lawful.
"In a world like ours, and dried shaken - said Don Carlo Gnocchi - you need to put oil on the gears of love in social relationships and form nuclei of thought and moral strength not to be overwhelmed. "
Love is, by its very nature is perpetual and exclusive." You only, for ever "is the unchangeable word of the ones you love. The love that is limited, love 'breakthrough' ... is not love, passion.
(From: Education of the heart)
Lucrezia Lagat
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