by Pedro Casaldáliga · PPC EDITORIAL · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788428819510
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"Daily haven: encounters, events, readings... Intuitions. The flash of an anecdote. An anguish, a hope. Not the chronicle; its decantation. Settled wine. Or the instant of a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Or God passing by, like a gust of wind, like a breeze. Our history in its hours: the kairós that one detects. The concentric circle of the haven. And the bubbling of the spring." In the presentation of these texts, José María Díez-Alegría affirms that they are a memory "full of meaning, strength, gentleness, pain, communication of life and affectionate identification with the poor and oppressed of Araguaia." Its author -he continues- "is one of the contemporary bishops who has most succeeded in making Jesus' slogan to his disciples a reality: "You, do not let yourselves be called rabbi, because only one is our Master; you are all brothers. Call no one your father on earth, for only one is your Father, the one in heaven. Nor let yourselves be called instructors, for only one is your Instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant" (Mt 23:8-11)." Memory of suffering and commitment. Memory of fidelity to the gospel and to the poor. Memory pregnant with the hope of the Kingdom.
Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, known in Portuguese as Pedro Casaldáliga, was a Spanish-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. A bishop since 1971, Casaldàliga was one of the best-known exponents of liberation theology. He received numerous awards, including the Catalonia International Prize in 2006. He was a forceful advocate in support of indigenous peoples and published several volumes of poetry.
