The Senator of Forza Italia Mario Occhiuto And Back to sit in the Senate’s desks for the first time after the death of his son Francesco (died on February 21, falling from the eighth floor) and was welcomed by a long and warm applause of colleagues and by the greeting of the president on duty Gian Marco Centinaio (Lega).
The message on Facebook on the day of San Francesco di Paola
“Today is San Francesco di Paola. A saint of our land, an example of humility, of essentiality, of silent love towards others. In our family – as in many Calabrian families – his presence has always been alive.
My father, Francesco’s grandfather, is Franciscan tertiary. Even my father -in -law, who is gone, was called Francesco. And precisely with that name we wanted to call our son, entrusting him – I know it to the end – even a deeper bond. Today, like every day, the thought goes to another Francesco. To our grain.
He too, after all, had something of that saint: simplicity, little attachment to things, authentic goodness. That way of being there for others, with discretion, without asking for anything. In the most fragile days I felt the need to go there, at the sanctuary. I spent a few hours in silence, with the minimum friars. I didn’t say much. But with all of myself, I entrusted him to him. In silence, with a full heart. And even today, with the same feeling, I am fostering on Francesco to San Francesco di Paola again.
That holds him with him. That is close to him. And if he can, that he makes him stand next to those who preceded him up there, like his grandfather Francesco, who certainly already loves him. And with affection, I wish all Francesco good onomastic. To those who bear this name so full of meaning, and maybe retain a reflection in the soul “.