Através do Padre Amadeu e da sua morte, chegou até mim um livro de um certo Cardeal Bernardim.

Com esse livro, ando a tentar perceber várias coisas, entre elas isto:

Whenever we are with people who suffer, it frequently becomes evident that there is very little we can do to help them other than be present to them, walk with them as the Lord walks with us. The reason this is so frustrating is that we like to be “fixers”. We want not only to control our own destiny but also that of others. So we are frustrated when all we can do for suffering persons is be present to them, pray with them—become, in effect, a silent sign of God’s presence and love.
And yet, the ability to offer that kind of prayerful response is the key that unlocks the mystery of suffering. For, in the final analysis, our participation in the paschal mystery—in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus—brings a certain freedom: the freedom to let go, to surrender ourselves to the living God, to place ourselves completely in his hands, knowing that ultimately he will win out! The more we cling to ourselves and others, the more we lose the true sense of our lives, the more we are impacted by the futility of it all. It’s precisely in letting go, in entering into complete union with the Lord, in letting him take over, that we discover our true selves.

(...) We must let the mystery, the tranquility, and the purposefulness of Jesus’ suffering become part of our own life before we can become effective instruments in the hands of the Lord for the sake of others.

(ler o excerto inteiro)