Benedictus vir qui confidit in Domino: Gratitude to God for the hated and despised Pope of Summorum Pontificum

Benedictus vir, qui confidit in Domino, et erit Dominus fiducia eius. Et erit quasi lignum, quod transplantatur super aquas, quod ad humorem mittit radices suas: et non timebit, cum venerit æstus. Et erit folium eius viride, et in tempore siccitatis non erit sollicitum, nec aliquando de sinet facere fructum. (From the Lesson of the Mass of Thursday following the Second Sunday in Lent: "Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.")

Triste España sin ventura One of thousands, 75 years ago

Triste España sin ventura
Juan del Encina

Sad Spain, without fortune, / all must weep for you. /

Deserted by joy / that will never return.

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Father Pedro Sánchez Barba, of Murcia, Diocese of Cartagena, was admired by the faithful for his great humanistic culture, his spiritual stature and his elevated demeanor and dignity.

God wanted him for Himself. He felt great pain when leaving, at the beginning of the conflict, his dear Church of Saint Bartholomew and hiding in the garden, tears for his church having been converted into a garage, its images profaned, the station of the Holy Sepulcher by Bussi reduced to ashes... From his great priestly heart, a cry came forth, as that of Christ on the Cross: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Queen of Heaven!

Pues que tú, Reina del cielo
Juan del Encina