Ricordando p. Paolo Novero

19 September 2023

Domenica 17 settembre, nella chiesa parrocchiale di Cristo Re (Lucera), p. Giuseppe MINNISCI, parroco e rettore dell'Opera S. Giuseppe, ha presieduto la celebrazione eucaristica delle 11.30, con la quale si è omaggiato p. Paolo NOVERO, Giuseppino del Murialdo, venuto a mancare in un tragico incidente stradale il 3 gennaio 2005, assieme a Mario BENINCASO, collaboratore laico dell'Opera.

La Celebrazione eucaristica è stata tenuta in occasione del 60° compleanno, che il religioso giuseppino, originario di Ciriè, provincia di Torino, avrebbe festeggiato proprio oggi. Il ricordo di p. Paolo è stato emozionante e profondo, grazie alle parole di p. Giuseppe, il quale durante l'omelia ha consegnato ai fedeli e a quanti hanno conosciuto ed amato il religioso scomparso alcuni passaggi del suo testamento spirituale (che i Giuseppini scrivono all'atto della professione perpetua).

P. Paolo in quello scritto manifestava le caratteristiche salienti della sua personalità e del suo apostolato, fondati sul dialogo, sull'incontro, sul perdono, sull'accoglienza e sulla gioia. Il canto finale della Celebrazione ha poi portato gli animi dei presenti nei sentimenti più forti e toccanti, tanto da rendere gli occhi lucidi di lacrime a molti di loro. Il canto in questione fu composto da Gianni FINIZIO immediatamente dopo la scomparsa di p. Paolo, "AMICI CIAO". Un ciao che rinnoviamo di vero cuore: ciao, p. Paolo. E' stato bello conoscerti. Buona strada!

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