An indelible trust

Dearest Don Mario, 

I write little but on the phone a little more.

In 1982 I started working in a hospital in Cagliari and a colleague introduced me to San Giuseppe and the Pious Union of Transit and signed me up. In short, I fell in love with it. Until then I didn't pray to any saint... since then I pray to Saint Joseph and I make Chiara Lubich's words my own... «I didn't speak to you but I spoke about you». I never left you again.

I also moved San Giuseppe to Germany where I lived for almost ten years and where my son Angelo, who is also enrolled, was born. Even after the death of my husband, Saint Joseph made sure that providence did not make me lack the necessary things. My son left for Australia last November to work on a fruit farm. Even under Australian laws, permanence is not easy. […] I don't deny that I miss my paper, but the prayer and protection of Saint Joseph makes me calm. […].

I entrust my son to your prayers and may Saint Joseph keep him under his protection.

Pistis Chiara Troll, 

Quartu S. Elena (CA)

Dear Mrs Chiara,

I share with her her concerns and also the anxiety of a mother who has a child so far away.

Saint Joseph also passed on the path of emigration, far from his land, he brought Jesus and his bride, Mary, to Egypt, where he lived like a foreigner, struggling with the language and also with his work activity for support his little family. Joseph has experienced hardships and sees our situations from heaven and his intercession with Jesus becomes thoughtful, attentive and solicitous.

Rest assured that every day for you and your son there is a memory full of affection. I hope that you can live in a region of Australia where there are Italians and also members of the Pious Union. There are over one hundred members of the Pious Union residing in the immense territory of Australia. God bless you and may Saint Joseph always assist you. 

Words of faith to be cultivated as testimony

Very Reverend Don Mario Carrera, 

upon receiving the San Giuseppe magazine I have already been disappointed twice for not having found the page that hosts the letters. When my husband and I came to Rome, after meeting her, in the evening we attended the mass she celebrated [...]. They were happy days spent visiting the Vatican: from the dome, to the museums up to the Sistine Chapel. Everything was wonderful. Now my husband and I can't travel much anymore. Our health is getting worse. Please remember us in your prayers to Jesus, Joseph and Mary. Thank you and God bless everyone.

 Carmen Endrizzi

Dear and affectionate Mrs Carmen,

I confess to you that I too suffer when I don't find space for letters. Sometimes there are articles linked to a moment of the liturgical year that we cannot postpone. But I promise you that I will try not to disappoint you, I will try to give voice to your testimony, convinced that faith speaks only with the words of testimony and the letters from our associates are the tip of an "iceberg" which only reveals the tip, but the imagination to intuit great faith, trust, hope and a great desire for solidarity. 

I wish you much goodness and joy in living.

Together for a song of praise to the Lord

Dear director Mario Carrera, 

I am writing to thank you as I now receive the monthly La Santa Crociata on time. The topics covered, current and interesting, help you reflect. And curious articles such as: "The almanac", prayers, pearls of wisdom, curiosities and even a space dedicated to the recipe of the month. 

La Santa Crociata is a monthly magazine that helps spiritual growth, because as in the article I read on Abraham's authentic faith, it helps us to understand that only by truly trusting in Jesus without fears and doubts, only in this way is our soul free to have with courage eternal life. Thank you in advance for paying attention to my letter. I await the next monthly magazine with great trepidation.  

Sunday Tarantino

Dear Mrs. Domenica,

reading his letter I am pushed to "steal" the words of the canticle of the Virgin who, admiring the works that God was carrying out on her for the benefit of his people, explodes with the canticle of the Magnificat. In that song of praise, Mary's soul opens the range of wonders that God has done for his people and which her eyes admire and become a prayer of thanks and the words of the prophet come true for us too when he says: « I will give the people a pure lip, so that all may call on the name of the Lord and all serve him shoulder to shoulder." Our service consists in walking together "shoulder to shoulder" to enjoy the warmth of communion between us and the joy of maintaining a regular step towards the eternal goal, where a merciful Father awaits us, a Brother Savior, the light of the Holy Spirit and , last but not least, in the company of our loved ones, Saint Joseph and his wife, our mother Mary.