Reporting of Federici Studies Center
Of + Mons. Antonio Santin, Archbishop of Trieste and Koper, 1959
O God, Lord of life and death, of light and darkness, from the depths of this earth and of this pain of ours we cry out to You.
Listen, oh Lord, our voice.
I cry out to You from the depths, Sir. Sir, hear my voice.
Today all the Dead await a prayer, a gesture of mercy, a fond memory. And we too have come here to raise our poor prayers and lay our flowers, but also to learn the teaching that comes from the sacrifice of these Dead.
And we turn to You, because you have heard their last cry, their last breath.
This ordeal, with the summit sunk into the bowels of the earth, constitutes a great chair, which indicates the ways of peace in justice and love.
Two wars in thirty years, like two storms of fire, they passed through these karst hills; they spread death among these rocks and bushes; they filled cemeteries and hospitals; they have also sometimes unleashed uncontrolled violence, sower of crimes and hatred.
Well, Gentleman, Prince of Peace, grant us Your Peace, a peace that is peaceful rest for the Dead and is serenity of work and faith for the living.
Let men, frightened by the terrible consequences of their hatred and attracted by the sweetness of Your Gospel, they return, like the prodigal son, in your home to feel and love each other as children of the same Father.
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