; and a life dedicated to Christ is a complete waste, worthless.
In sign of contradiction, Dario's blood cries out to
remind us, in a loud voice, of the true values of life, "repeating mysteries
in the light of day, shouting secrets from the rooftops ". (Mt 10, 27).
By his dedicated life of sacrifice, he speaks to us, especially to youth,
that there is something more,to life, for "the facination of wickedness obscures
what is good, and roving desire perverts the innocent mind" (Sab, 4, 12).
In order to analyze his soul, with a respectful attitude, we must unite a
brotherly attitude, that of Old Testament and the older child (Judah)
who inclines with affection and admiration (Gen 43-45)younger child(Benjamin)
selected in a unique manner by the Holy Spirit and converted heroically by
perfect correpondence to His grace.
Dario is an example of this truth spoken Saint Ignatius
of Loyola who says: "Noone can lead us to such a level of sanctity level,
easily and in just a short time, but the grace of the Spirit Santo
can carry us if we place no obstacles. In fact, the soul and
life of Dario are completely given up to the action of the Holy Spirit.
We can say of him what the holy book Wisdom proclaims: " Consumavit
in brevi, explevit tempora fine. " " Being perfected in a short
time the just finish the race in a short time" (Sab, 4, 13) and also
"For old age is not honored for length of time, not measured in number of
years, but understanding is grey hair for anyone, and a blameless life is
a ripe old age. (Wis., 4, 9).
Because Darío was faithful in small things,
he had the vigor to confront the greatest challenge with the gift of strength
endowed by the Holy Spirit. We speak not only of his strong character,
but the grace of God that sustained him in his supreme sacrifice.
While we see so many youth easily leaving the right path to look for
cracked wells that do not retain water (Jer 2, 13), Darío,
from his pulpit of glory and with strength of soul, fearlessly
indicates the rough road to overcome the easy selfish life which profits
nothing. Surely Dario did not know Jaime Brel who had not begun his
singing career during this era. Yet surely many of you know him by this song:
If all that were true, Mary, Joseph, the manger,
The Child, the shepherds, the angels in the sky,
If all that were true, all that is so beautiful, that
Oh! Yes, I could believe, if all that were true!
For Darío, all that was truth and all that gave
a sense to his life. A single youth in his era was sufficient to set
afire the love of many as proven by the hords who flocked to his tomb to
pray. A single spark is sufficient to burn a forest!
Darío had understood the call of Jesus and had
followed it. In this call, the ultimate meaning of life was understood.
It is easy to give up and to escape looking for solutions lead nowhere.
Our modern society is in crisis because we lack strong youth
like Darío. He teaches us that Jesus is the center of
life and gives a meaning to everything up to the last moment of life.
His love of Jesus gave him an intimacy with Christ who had released him of
all slavery and Jesus name was on his lips when the time came to appear before
Him. He had lived in the truth that makesus free as John tells us "
The Truth shall set you free " (Jn 8.32). This freedom is a gift and
at the same a responsibility to discover it is fundamental for any Christian.
It is not sufficient only to discover Christ but it is necessary to give
Him to others. Darío tried to give Christ by teaching catechism,
which he did up to the last moment in spite of the danger he faced.
He faced his task, with courage like Saint Paul. " If I proclaim the gospel,
I do so by obligation, and this is no reason for boasting. Woe to me,
should I not preach the gospel " (1 Co 9, 15). Finally, he did
so by shedding his blood. He leaves us a heart witness, a witness of
stronger love.
Darío will never die or cease to be young.
He will always remain as witness for the youth of the Church and particularly
of Veracruz and Mexican youth. He will never be a man of the past or
a man of yesterday. On the contrary, he will be for always man of tomorrow,
a man of the evangelic future of the Church, a witness of future,
a man of the yet to come.
During the beatification of Father Damien, apostle
of the lepers, Cardinal Godfriel Danneels said:
The hero is born as he battles within, with his own
courage, his own zeal. We are drawn to admire a hero, yet the glance
leads us no further. A Saint, on the contrary is a miracle of grace.
When we admire a Saint, we are drawn to contact with a different person and
when we call upon that person, he responds to us: " God "! (Osservatore
Romano, no. 23, 6th of June 1995).
So Father Dario pushes us to seek further.
And if we call him, he repeats to us, with the zeal of his celestial youth,
his last word when he fell pestered by the bullets of his murderers.
"JESUS".
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