Kuyesa kwa uzimu kwa Alessandro Serenelli, womupha wa Santa Maria Goretti
«Ndili ndi zaka pafupifupi 80, pafupi kutseka tsiku langa. Kuyang'ana zakale, ndazindikira kuti paubwana wanga ndinatenga njira yabodza: njira ya zoyipa, yomwe idanditsogolera. Ndidawona kudzera pazowonera, ziwonetsero komanso zitsanzo zoyipa zomwe achinyamata ambiri amatsatira popanda kupereka lingaliro: Komanso sindinadandaule. Okhulupirira ndi akatswiri, ndinali nawo pafupi ndi ine, koma sindinachite chidwi, nditachititsidwa khungu ndi gulu lankhanza lomwe linandikankhira pansi pa mseu woipa. Ndili ndi zaka makumi awiri ndinadya zachinyengo zomwe ndimakhumudwa nazo kukumbukira lero. Maria Goretti, tsopano woyera mtima, anali mngelo wabwino yemwe kutsimikizika kunanditsogolera kuti andipulumutse. Ndinamulembabe m'mtima mwake mawu achipongwe komanso okhululuka. Adandipempherera, ndikupembedzera kuti amuphe. Zaka 24 zinakhala m'ndende. Ndikadapanda kukhala mwana, ndikadapatsidwa moyo wonse. Ndinavomereza chigamulo choyenera, kusiya ntchito: Ndimamvetsa mlandu wanga. Mwana wachichepere Maria analidi kuunika kwanga, wonditeteza; mothandizidwa ndi ine ndidakhala bwino zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri ndikuikidwa m'ndende ndikuyesera kukhala moona mtima pomwe gulu lidandilandira ndikubwera pakati pa mamembala ake. Ana a St. Francis, a Capuchin Minors a Marche, mothandizidwa ndi aserafi adandilandira mwa iwo osati ngati wantchito, koma ngati m'bale. Ndakhala nawo zaka XNUMX. Ndipo tsopano ndikuyembekezera nthawi yakuvomerezedwa m'masomphenya a Mulungu, kukumbatira okondedwa anga kachiwiri, kukhala pafupi ndi mngelo wanga woteteza ndi mayi wake wokondedwa, Assunta. Iwo omwe amawerenga kalata yanga ndikufuna kujambula chiphunzitso chosangalatsa chothawa zoyipa ndikutsatira zabwino nthawi zonse, ngakhale ngati ana. Amaganiza kuti chipembedzo chokhala ndimawu ake sichinthu chomwe simungathe kuchita, koma ndi chitonthozo chenicheni, njira yokhayo yotsimikizika muzochitika zonse, ngakhale zovutirapo kwambiri m'moyo. Mtendere ndi chikondi ”
Macerata
5 May 1961
Alexander Serenelli