Poetry and prophecy
Trobada internacional d’Universitats Lassalianes. Temple de la Sagrada Família de Barcelona, 10.11.22 In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Here, at this point, two trinities converge: that of Heaven (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and that of earth (Jesus, Mary and Joseph). Upon entering here the first thing we feel is surprise, admiration and a deep emotion in front of this unique construction. Here, poetry, architecture and prophecy, dialogue. The exterior of the Sagrada Família looks so much like a rocky mountain in the middle of the city, a great fortress, heavily loaded with elements. In interior, on the other hand, there is a great simplicity, the light enters indirectly, it seems that we are entering a forest, in that beech grove of Jordà, near Olot, in the north of Catalunya, which Joan Maragall, poet friend of Gaudí, was talking about. When in 2010, in preparation for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, they removed the scaffolding from the nave, the fore...