Gold Tone Washington Quarter 1964 D

Don Sciortino

Mia madre, il prossimo mese, compie ottant’anni. Dopo una vita di “buona politica”, come lei dice, oggi si sente tanto amareggiata. Per questo, ha condiviso la manifestazione delle donne a difesa della propria dignità. Lei non ha potuto parteciparvi, ma ha scritto questa lettera alle donne, in vista del prossimo 8 marzo. «Chiudendo la mia vita travagliata mi chiedo, e chiedo, a chi di competenza, di get off the "altars" and look closely at the suffering of workers in struggle for work, retired in abandoned homes, and live with six hundred euro a month. How can we not be indignant moral scandals of our government? On behalf of all women offended the dignity of mothers, wives and daughters, I say to the "Sun King" to leave his post. The Italian people believe in family values, equality and justice. My cry is not of despair but of hope towards a new world for future generations. "

Tomasina P.

The lesson from your mom is good for us. Especially because it comes from a woman full of years and wisdom. That if he would have been in the front row, on 13 February, to show to defend the dignity of women. A lesson for many people, remote from problems that affect families, young people without a future and hope, the unemployed or the elderly neglected and humiliated to live with four hundred euro a month. And at the same time, we see waste, corruption and ostentatious wealth that cry out for vengeance in God's eyes and a slap to the poor, for those who line up to one meal a day. Who saves money on heating because not enough. Celebrations and feasts are a scandal to a poor country that limps.

Don Sciortino

Don Sciortino's response to the letter of Mrs. Tomasina P. is as short as exemplary. It is not communist rhetoric. It is literary artifice. It is not misrepresentation of the truth. Just look at the Caritas soup kitchens to get an idea of \u200b\u200bhow they are humiliated and abandoned the poor, even those of our house. But obviously not from Caritas by an economic system that makes them increasingly on the margins of society.

A true Christian can not conclude this brief response. The hierarchies we can not dissociate.

The Gospel is the part of those who hunger and thirst for justice and not certainly on the side of the corrupt and unjust display of wealth.

The Gospel is from the poor and the rich.

Don Sciortino Bravo!