The day of Antoni Gaudí

Despite the undisputed prominence of Pope Leo XIV, the figure of the day is Antoni Gaudí. His exuberant imagination, the firmness of his judgment, his extraordinary aesthetic sense, his mastery of calculation and the use of materials, have given him a place at the forefront of the history of contemporary architecture. Joan Maragall said that Gaudí was the poet of stone.

A century ago today, Gaudí died, and all the journalistic chronicles of the time show that Catalans a century ago knew they were burying an extraordinary man. He was buried in holiness and among the crowds after having imagined, planned, and defended a temple that would be built at the pace of medieval cathedrals and would be finished when he was no longer alive. The worldwide attraction that the Sagrada Familia has achieved on people of all cultures should fill with self-esteem a country so exposed to defeatism due to its anomalous political situation. For the moment, the Church has considered Gaudí a "servant of God". To make him a beatified requires a first miracle and to make him a saint, a second miracle. I don't know what other miracles the Church needs to make a place of honor for a man capable of bringing millions of people from all over the world to a church.Good morning.