On the occurrence of the Corpus Christi feast day, our Bishop has recited a heartfelt prayer and full of love to Jesus, invoking his intervention to speed up the implementation of his plan: "This we want: to make you triumph in Rome and in the whole Church".

Dear Jesus,
We believe and profess that You are the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity and that You incarnated to redeem and save us; for this you are true God and true Man. In You, in a mysterious and real way, there coexist, in one only person, the human and the divine nature and we bend our knees and recognize You as God. You wanted to become our brother and we recognize to You the right of primogeniture. You are the First, the greatest, the better of all the brothers: You are God our brother, we are your little, weak and defective brothers; between You and us You have established a profound bond of love. As there exist comprehension, complicity and confidence among loving brothers, we shout at You: "Jesus, our brother, remember us".
It is true, as long as we approach You, You make us also feel, as your bride has said many times, the piercing of the thorns. We see, and remain amazed and dismayed, the awful wounds that did not save a centimetre of your Divine Body. We see the blood flowing and meet your eyes full of tears, and full of love too.
Jesus, Our Brother, you have lived more than us and before us the suffering, the calumny, betrayals, rejection, incomprehension, loneliness, seclusion… Do You remember, Jesus, when You crossed the roads of your nation? You were meeting many hearts that refused You and You were afflicted and so worn-out that You asked Your Father the support of a stick.
Do You remember when in the Gethsemane You lived the most tragic and dramatic moment of Your earthly life and You poured blood? Your Father, Our Father, sent You an angel to comfort You and You weakly uttered these words: "Remove this cup from me" and at once you added: "Thy will be done"? Even I and Marisa, have said many times: "Remove this cup from us", but: "Thy will be done" and the cup was getting heavier and heavier and its content all the more bitter. But now we have not even the strength to utter these words, because, You know it Jesus, we have collapsed. Oh yes, You told us that while going up the Calvary You too collapsed, You too fell down and we have called these falls, love falls. Yes, ours is a love fall, for I believe I can shout it to the four corners, we love You and we have always loved You, facing painful, huge and unremitting trials; however, Jesus, we have collapsed. When yesterday in the long meeting with Your Father and above all with Your Mummy, we gave vent and I told them that we had thought to close, Daddy God with a powerful voice said: "This never!" We have collapsed, but we are in good company because You collapsed, while going up the Calvary. The great prophet Elias collapsed, while he was pursued by the guardians of the perfidious queen Jezebel. Peter fell and the apostles ran away. As You see, Jesus, we are in good company. We know our path, but we do not see its end. As compensation we see: sufferings, calumnies, betrayals and condemnations. Jesus, you have taken all from us, only our love for You has remained, the rest I see neither in me, nor in Marisa. I can confirm, as I have said to our Daddy God: "How much we have loved You and how much, in spite of everything, we still love You".
You have placed on our weak shoulders the greatest mission of the whole Church history: the triumph of the Eucharist, the triumph of the Mother of the Eucharist, the triumph of the Church, the latter is the only one that is not yet realized because You want it to coincide with our triumph. We want to follow You, humble and simple, behind your winner's cart, we dare not ask You to climb over, it is enough for us to sing to You: "Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus ímperat".
My Lord, let that dream of mine come true, where I saw I was carrying solemnly the Eucharist which had bled in the streets of Rome, to the sound of bells, to the song of the believers, escorted by all the churches representatives who united and very close to You would form one only heart, one only soul, one only Church.
Jesus, we await your triumph in Rome, in the whole Church. But now look at our exhaustion, look at our weakness, look at our limits. We moan under the cross, but we say: "We want to reach the target that You have decided and set".
We have always followed your footsteps and we have recognized them among thousand, because they were soaked with your blood, but from today onwards, Jesus, let us not put our feet on your footsteps, but take us in your arms and bring us where you want us to go. Oh Jesus, how sweet, solemn and powerful this name is! Each of us here present shouts: "Jesus, true God, Jesus, true Man, Jesus, our brother, bless your Church and may soon return its face to the clearness, purity and innocence that men have soiled and ruined". Jesus, thank You, for I know You are listening to me. Together with You, all the Heaven is listening to my poor words, making them its own words and repeating them when You, God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit show to Heaven to give it that boundless joy consisting of the beatific vision of Daddy God, Brother God, Friend God.
Amen. Hallelujah.

Rome, 25th May 2008
Corpus Christi

+ Claudio Gatti
Bishop ordained by God
Bishop of the Eucharist