If we can ask to borrow solemn words even for small things we must shout: «Gaudium magnum nuntiamus vobis: Don Guanella will be canonized on 23 October 2011».

On that day the Holy Father Benedict XVI, with a solemn act of his magisterium, will award Don Guanella with the degree in sanctity, with the specialization of researcher of the face of God and expert in humanity, fragile and suffering.
Don Guanella is a champion of successful humanity. Holiness is a word that instills fear, we believe it is worthy only of privileged people, marked by a noble destiny, however, for the Christian it is the goal of his existence. An ancient philosopher, Plato, said that «We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark.