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God guard you
Gaudi, brilliant architect and exemplary christian
To help the spiritual preparation for the Holy Father's visit, the diocese of Barcelona
has edited some catechisms on the service that the Holy Father
gives as successor of the apostle Peter to enrich the reception
we all have to give to Benedict XVI the next November 6 and 7
In these catechisms are also proposed some reflections on Antoni Gaudí's figure
as a brilliant architect and a exemplaryChristian, and on the temple of the Sacred Family.
It seems to me that the act of dedication of the temple is also an act of remembrance of the Christian artist
who designed it. That day the temple ended in his interior ,
but especially we will see it full of Christians celebrating the Eucharist presided by the Holy Father.
We will see this beautiful church doing what it should do,
dedicated to the celebration of liturgical worship to praise God by the whole assembly,
harmonizing the liturgy and the beauty.
I'm sure it will be a day of joy also for the Holy Father,
who values very much the church of the Sacred Family and its architect,
the serf of God Antonio Gaudí, the reason of beatification,
as is known, has already been completed to diocesan level and now it is in Rome,
to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.
Gaudi was the architect of God and we have to understand his profession as a mission.
He felt the urgency of bringing the Gospel and the presence of God through his work to people.
Because of it he had the habit of crowning his projects with the sign of the cross.
He was wishing that his architectural works approach the persons who were contemplating it to God.
Who does not remember to have contemplated the towers of the temple with this Latin inscription in praise of God?
Gaudi explained with these words: " These inscriptions will be like a spiral tape that will rise for the towers.
Everyone who read them, even unbelievers, will sing a hymn to the Holy Trinity as he discovers its content:
the Sanctus, Sanctus , Sanctus that, reading, will lead the look to heaven."
Therefore, the act of dedication of the temple will be a fond memories of the architect,
an example of simplicity and humility, a true example of the Franciscan spirit of love of poverty,
assessment of the atonement of their sins admiration of nature.
Therefore, he believed that the contemplation of nature was his true masterpiece.
"Everything comes from the great book of nature," said he, the works of men are already a printed book.
The tree near my workshop: This is my teacher!"
Many people, especially since the announcement of the Pope's visit,are visiting Gaudi's tomb,
located in the crypt of the temple.
Gaudí became an exemplary Christian by designing and starting this great church.
It is said by Francesc Joseph Rafols , first biographer of Gaudí, with these words:
it is necessary to have present that when the architect entered as the director of the Expiatory Temple,
his religious beliefs were not sufficiently consolidated ".
He explains that helped to consolidate the Temple his dedication to friendship and conversations
with the bishop of Astorga, Joan Baptista Grau, son of Reus, who helped him on his way.
It is like that- he concludes-as the architect becomes a exemplary believer
and proponent of the liturgy, a genius of the Mediterranean light, ready to serve God.
Goodbye, and until next week God willing