21st October – Blessed Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi
We can, we must criticise the church when we feel it doesn’t respond to our expectations, because it’s absolutely right to seek to improve it. But we should always criticise it like a mother, never a mother-in-law!
The disciple of Christ is a witness. Christian’s witness can get into difficulties, it can become martyrdom. The step is short, indeed it is martyrdom that gives value to the testimony. Remember Saint Paul: “I desire to die even to be with Christ.” Here, this desire becomes a desire for communion that transcends even life. “ - Blessed Pino Puglisi
