San Damián de Molokai

padre-damian-de-molokai(Apóstol de los leprosos)

Hoy, 10 de Mayo, celebra la Iglesia universal la festividad del Padre Damián, ya santo. Con tal motivo, quiero dejar a nuestros lectores, parte de  una de sus cartas, donde expresa su estado de ánimo, su misión y cuál era el motor de su entrega.

“La Divina Providencia que tiene siempre compasión de los más pobres e indefensos, se ha dignado poner su mirada sobre vuestro indigno servidor para que me ocupe de un famoso hospital de leprosos que nuestro gobierno se ha visto obligado a instalar para preservar del contagio a todo el archipiélago. Por ello, y como sacerdote encargado de una parroquia excepcional de 800 leprosos, de los cuales la mitad más o menos son católicos, me permito dirigiros estas líneas.

Heme aquí, pues, en medio de mis queridos leprosos; son verdaderamente horribles a la vista, es verdad, pero tienen un alma que ha sido rescatada al precio de la sangre adorable de nuestro Divino Salvador. También él, en su Divina Caridad, consoló a los leprosos. Si yo no puedo curarlos como él, al menos, puedo consolarlos, y a través del santo ministerio, que en su bondad él me ha confiado, espero que muchos de ellos, purificados de la lepra del alma, se presentarán delante de su tribunal y podrán entrar en la comunidad de los bienaventurados..

Mi capilla, demasiado grande en las primeras semanas después de mi llegada, resulta ahora demasiado pequeña. Durante tres semanas he tenido que colocar fuera, en las ventanas, un gran número de antiguos buenos cristianos, cediendo ellos su puesto, unas veces a los nuevos, otras a los apóstatas que vuelven, y otras a los catecúmenos que no faltan..

Además de los domingos, hay un buen número de ellos que viene regularmente a la Eucaristía y al rosario de la tarde durante la semana. Muchos comulgan todos los domingos. Además de los consuelos que el sacerdote encuentra en la iglesia, hay mucho que hacer durante las visitas a domicilio, yendo de una cabaña a otra, casi todas habitadas por pobres desafortunados que no pueden ni siquiera moverse, por tener, a menudo, los pies y manos comidos por la horrible enfermedad, condenados, además, a respirar un aire infectado. Normalmente escuchan con devoción la palabra de salvación que se distribuye a cada uno según sus disposiciones.

Aunque yo no sea todavía leproso, sin embargo me hago leproso entre los leprosos; por eso, cuando predico suelo decir: “Nosotros los leprosos”. Quisiera ganármelos a todos en Cristo, como hizo San Pablo.

Como sabéis hace ya mucho tiempo que la Divina Providencia me ha elegido para ser víctima de nuestra repugnante enfermedad. Espero estar eternamente agradecido a Dios por este favor. Me parece que esta enfermedad acortará y hará más cercano el camino que me llevará a nuestra querida patria. Con esta esperanza he aceptado esta enfermedad como mi cruz especial; trataré de llevarla como Simón el Cireneo, siguiendo las huellas de nuestro Divino Salvador. Os ruego me ayudéis con vuestras oraciones, para obtener  la fuerza de la perseverancia hasta que llegue a la cima del Calvario”.

Ojalá el ejemplo de Damián y otros muchos, nos espoleen y animen a testimoniar nuestra fe, en la entrega a los demás, en especial a los más débiles y necesitados.

Félix González, ss.cc.

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