408. A Priest: A Messenger of Jesus
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| Funeral of Father Mario- our PP |
For Father Mario,
every liturgy was a festivity. Thinking about it, it really is a festivity
because there is nothing more beautiful in the world than to contemplate
eternity in the face of Jesus. Everything else in the world, crumbles, consumes,
is transitory, and cannot be grasped.
As he said in our
interview for InfoS@rmede (our parish magazine) how pleasing
it is to remember the happy times, and how with each festivity worthy of the
name, he wanted to fix in time, document it through technological means, recall
it and contemplate it; this too for him, was the liturgy.
Father Mario was not a
great orator, however, even more importantly, he had the gift for doing good.
For him, the word "no" did not exist. For him all things which to me,
to us, seemed incredible, were to Father Mario possible; the way he would not
allow his illness to stand in his way to doing good is just one of these
examples. For him, with Jesus, there were no failures or losers, only winners.
And therefore attracted young people to become involved in the church, to be
part of various parish groups or become an altar boy, which he considered to be
a singular vocation .
He was not a great
conversationalist, but he instinctively understood what people were saying.
Allow me to use a personal example. While taking us on coach trips he usually asked
someone choose a song, on one occasion I asked for "who I'm going to find..."
Even though my expression in Italian was not one of the best he understood what I meant, that is,
"I'll see you one day" which is the title of a popular Italian hymn
to Our Lady. Even if on occasions we
would argue, he always understood, and he would always support you, encourage you;
for him, you were always the most important person in the world - just as each
one of us are for Jesus.
Through Father Mario,
we have also been able to live this reality too. Yes, because for Father Mario,
his most compelling joy was to contemplate the face of Jesus and therefore in
all he did, he always tried to act with enthusiasm as His Messenger.
Funeral of Mgr. Mario Dall'Arche - Cathedral Vittorio Veneto
Readers of our Pastoral Unit of which Father Mario was Parish Priest
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| Bishop of Vittorio Veneto Corrado Pizziolo (left) Bishop Emeritus Ovidio Poletto |
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| Bishop Emeritus Alfredo Magarotto |
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| Don Mario Borga: Parish Priest of our Pastoral Unit |
The Last Farewell
