«Carlo offered his life by fulfilling his duty with generosity and love. A deep love, knowing that Blessed is only the man who seeks authentic happiness ». With these words Monignor Gian Franco Saba, Military Ordinary Archbishop (OMI) for Italy, he celebrated on Saturday morning, in the church of Santa Maria di Ostuni, the funeral of the chief brigadier Carlo Legrottaglie, He was killed last Thursday during a chase in Francavilla Fontana, in the Brindisi, a few days after the pension, during a fire conflict with two men.
They were present at the funeral, among others, the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarellaand of the Puglia Region, Michele Emiliano, the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, The Minister of the Interior, Matteo planted, And the mayor of Francavilla Fontana, Antonello Denuzzo.
“All this in the face of human reason,” added Saba, “may appear complex and difficult to accept, but echo in our hearts:”There is more joy in giving than in receiving “, like Jesus who gave his life, like Carlo who gave his energies to the last despite the expected rest time. Sant’Agostino – said the Archbishop – reminds us that bliss derives, in the human creature, from the ability to have an animated heart by love, the love of Christ, which opens up to a different happiness than the earthly one, a happiness marked by the hope of an eternal life. We are here to thank the Lord because still in a world torn by discord there are men who spend their life offering themselves without reservations and find happiness in the way of love which is the way through which the human creature can truly achieve itself. He reminds us of San Leone the Great that nobody has a small heritage if he has a large heart, the heritage of bliss that dilates our heart. The way of love always focuses towards the highest destination. Whatever the expression of love, whether dictated by reasons of faith, whether dictated by civic values is a high and profound value “. But at this moment, Saba concluded, «Only Faith can appease the rebellion for the outrage received, for the absurdity of death. Christ, eternal light, takes us by the hand and on this way helps us to cross the river of pain ».
At the end of the celebration, Mattarella stopped to embrace the relatives of the brigadier. The body was taken away and at the same time some children made balloons fly with the colors of the weapon. Intense the emotion of the parents, wife and two 15 -year -old twin daughters.
