Opera Don Calabria

This wallet is empty! There is nothing to steal, yet it is very precious... Common object, not special material or workmanship, but it belongs to the one who knew how to give it the right place in the organization of a family let's say quite demanding to manage. It was not strange that the wallet of St. John Calabria was empty, because everything that arrived was immediately used for the needs of the House. Wrong. Or at least only partially true. Everything that arrived was used to praise Providence, which never lacked what was necessary!

Certainly this of the objects is the most talkative, because he was always "open-mouthed"... and because he has seen so many concrete facts that speak of "abandonment to Providence". At the root of every economic choice was unlimited trust in God the Father, who would not abandon his Opera, and the "poor Housekeeper" had to have recourse to Him alone, not to human support. And God's Providence was not long in coming, beginning with that first providence which was the "head on the neck". But this wallet is also a precious witness of another extraordinary aspect of St. John Calabria: he challenged God's Providence with charity, sharing what little he had with those who were poorer and asked for help, despite the thousand needs of the House! This was his true wealth, sowing charity with the certainty that God would not allow himself to be overcome in generosity.
It may seem like astrain, but the portfolio of St. John Calabria still has many things to tell us, even in the complex world of contemporary economics, about how we could make an efficient and effective management ... Yes, but compared to what?