Standing (from left to right):
Fr. Sergio Pellegrini (Italy); Fr. Peter Meo (New Zealand), Fr. Jhon Piumatti (Colombia); Fr. Thomas D. Kirk (USA); Fr. Robert Young, OFM (USA); Fr. Jim Shelton (USA); Fr. Luis Pedro Rubio de Silva (Mexico); Fr. Marco Cannavo (Italy); Fr. Pablo Martín Sanguiao (Spain); Fr. Carlos Massieu Avila (Mexico); Fr. Robert Cadrecha (USA); Fr. Brian Ahearn (Australia); H.E. Msgr. Giovan Battista Pichierri, Achbishop of Trani-Bisceglie-Barletta-Nazaret (Italy); Fr. Paul Casullo (Canada); Fr. Julio B. Rivero (USA); Fr. Emil Milat (Australia); Fr. Christopher Igboanua (Nigeria); Fr. Paul Fox (Australia); Fr. Piomaria Ciampi (Italy); Fr. Damien Thompson, OCSO (USA); Fr. Jhon Kirk (USA); Fr. José Pablo de Jesús Tamayo Rodríguez (Costa Rica); Fr. Dave Leon (USA).

Kneeling (from left to right):
Standing, Sister Asunta Marigliano (Italy); Fr. Vincent Clemente (Italy); Fr. Alfred Cioffi (Cuba); Fr. Mario Fernández, OCD (India); Fr. Joe Scerbo, SA (USA); Fr. Edgar Arturo de Jesús Rivera Mora (Costa Rica); Fr. Jerry Chrzczonowicz (Poland); Fr. Rommel Padilla Emery (Nicaragua); Fr. Xavier, P. Colin J. Xavier (India); Fr. Roman Palma (Poland); Fr. Michael T. Watae (Papua, New Guinea).

As you may know, by the grace of God I traveled to Rome for the conclusion of the Year for Priests, consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI. I attended the International Meeting for Priests in Rome and the Closing Mass of this Year for Priests presided by the Holy Father.

Although the newspapers said that 15,000 priests attended, I assure you that all the priests of the world were there in spirit. The atmosphere lived was truly supernatural. All the news are determined to assure that the Holy Father Benedict XVI gathered us all to ask for forgiveness for the sins of some priests; it is clearly that the anger of the enemy doesn't want the truth to be known: in fact, about 20,000 priests were gathered from all over the world not only to give our support to the Pope, but to bear witness of our faith, of our Holy Religion, to bear witness that Jesus is alive, carrying his Cross, walking to Calvary, multiplied in every priest, to continue giving his life to save many people, all those who want to be saved and all those who let Jesus to save them. The enemy cannot stand for this.

Really it was impressed to be surrounded by so many priests. My permanent feeling was that of being surrounded by thousands of saints.

I can't tell you all the special encounters I had, but I want to share with you one of them which ended leaving me stump. It was when I met three or four priests and I asked them where they came from, they answered: from Pakistan. I almost fell backwards... I thought: I'm standing in front of some living martyrs that at any time could also become martyrs of blood!. I thought about this because of the tremendous persecution that the Church in Pakistan in now suffering.

Moreover I was able to realize, as far as God allowed me, the dedication and commitment as well as the sacrifice of each one of these priests. We have given our lives to God, letting God to serve himself of us in the way he pleases, for his greater glory, for the salvation of the entire world, for the extension of His Kingdom on earth.

The next day after the Closing Mass, I gathered with a group of 35 priests from 15 different countries in Corato, place where the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta was born, lived and died; the Archbishop of the place, Msgr. Giovan Battista Pichierri, was also with us participating in a four days retreat-meeting, all about the Divine Will.

This meeting is the first one held in Corato, and in fact it was the first time that so many priests gathered together in Corato in order to learn more and better about the Divine Will. The Archbishop welcomed us very pleased; he gave us the news that one of the two theologians named by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has already given his positive opinion about the writings of Luisa. Mons. Pichierri also said that the answer of the second theologian will arrive soon.

The meeting was also very stimulating because we could see how this Kingdom of the Divine Will is spreading all over the world. One of these priests told me that after our meeting he was traveling to Belgium, where there is a group of 400 people interested in learning about the Divine Will. Those groups are formed by people living in some regions of Belgium where the Catholics are minority.

So now I ask you not to cease praying for these priests and for all the priests of the world; for us to commit ourselves every day more and more to die to our human will and to live always and only from the Divine Will.