On the occasion of the very moving funeral of Father Cyril Gordien, a priest of the diocese of Paris, in the church of Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge, which was filled to capacity on March 20, all those present, the faithful (1700), priests (150), bishops (Ulrich, Aupetit, Castet, Rougé, Marsset, Verny), found in their place a 36-page pamphlet: Abbé Cyril Gordien, Mon testament spirituel: A Priest at the Heart of Suffering. We are publishing excerpts here (courtesy of Paix Liturgique).
There is no doubt that Father Gordien wrote these pages at the end of the illness that led to his death, with the intention that they be diffused, as the tone of public testimony shows. It is also clear that the organizers of the ceremony wanted to respond to the testamentary will of their friend, provoking a kind of spiritual and ecclesial shock by publishing and distributing this testament, which is, not only, but especially, the cry of a priest who suffered at the hands of men of the Church.
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