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JOHN XXIII

WILL

The Pope wrote in his Testament: I ask forgiveness of those who have
unconsciously offended, all those whom I have not edified. I think I have nothing
to forgive anyone, because in all those who have known me and have related
with me—whether they offended me, or despised me, or held me justly, so
others, in lesser esteem, or were a cause of affliction for me—I cannot find
more than brothers and benefactors, to whom I am grateful, for whom I pray
and I will always pray.
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Born poor, but from an honest and humble family, I am particularly
content to die poor, having distributed according to the various demands of
simple and modest life, at the service of the poor and of the Holy Church that has given me
fed, everything I have had in my hands (little thing on the other hand)
during the years of my priesthood and my episcopate. Apparent opulence
They often hid hidden thorns of painful poverty and
They prevented me from always giving generously what I would have wanted. I give thanks to
God for this grace of poverty that I vowed in my youth, as
priest of the Sacred Heart, poverty of spirit and real poverty, which me
It helped to never ask for anything: neither positions nor money nor favors; never, not even for me
nor for my relatives or friends.
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To my dear family according to blood – of which, on the other hand, I have not
received no material wealth—I cannot leave behind anything but a large and
very special blessing, with the invitation to remain in fear of
God who always made her so dear and loved to me, although simple and modest, without
I should never be ashamed of her and that is her true title of nobility.
The kindness that my poor person received from everyone with the
that I found on my path, has made my life peaceful. I remember well before
death to each and every one, to those who have preceded me in the last step, to
those who will survive me and who will follow me. Pray for me. I will make it up to you
In purgatory or in paradise, where I hope to be heard, I repeat it once
more, not by my merits, but by the mercy of my Lord
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My children, my brothers, goodbye. In the name of the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit 191
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