#SOUL - Padre Bernardo Maria Gianni ospite di Monica Mondo

A Soul, Father Bernardo Maria Gianni, Benedictine monk, abbot of San Miniato al Monte, above Florence. The city, a symbol of Humanism, seen from the hill, because once upon a time the abbey, perched on the mountain, was the vantage point from which to observe the city and to which the city looked. "Haec est porta caeli," for those who have chosen it as a vocation and for those who seek from the monks a listening ear, words, the Word. Thus, in San Miniato, there is a constant coming and going of seekers of soul and faith. And the prejudice of monastic isolation is dismantled by experiencing the fruitfulness of so many meetings and conferences: what the Benedictines have always done in Europe, creating a new culture while keeping the old alive. San Miniato remains a center of dialogue between Christian wisdom and the cultural and artistic currents of society. But the first and fundamental task of a monk, which recalls the primary task for all men, is "quaerere Deum," provocation and reminder to a world that has silenced its questions. "Behind the provisional, seek the definitive." The definitive is eternal life, which Christ's Resurrection promised. This is why Easter is an event for us, it is the "event" of our faith.