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Here lived Fray Pedro de San José Betancourt sign
The sign reads: Here lived Fray Pedro de San José Betancourt, apostle of charity. Born in Tenerife in March [21], 1626. Died here the 25th of April of 1667.
So who was this character who has inspired so many people and that eventually became a Saint? First, here are the entries in Antigua Daily Photo related to Santo Hermano Pedro, as he is known now. Back on October 25th, I posted a forged metal lamp with his image.
Known as the “St. Francis of the Americas,” Pedro de Betancourt worked and died in Guatemala. Pedro was born into a poor family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands in 1626. He worked as a shepherd until age 24, when he began to make his way to Guatemala, hoping to connect with a relative engaged in government service there. By the time he reached Havana, Cuba he was out of money. After working there to earn more, he got to Guatemala City the following year. When he arrived he was so destitute that he joined the bread line which the Franciscans had established… As quoted from Wikipedia (click to continue reading).
If you want to see the sign in context, please turn to this image and this other image as well. If you care to see what Tenerife, his born-place, looks like now, please visit Pamela’s excellent Tenerife Daily Photo.
Happy and safe weekend to everyone!
i like this photo.
[...] the entrance of the San Francisco El Grande Church, burial home of Santo Hermano Pedro de Betancourt, you can find this stall of candles. We visited the entrance of this church before with with Monk [...]
Where is the Hermano Pedro lived here sign from your photo on the 5th of November 2006?
Beth, this sign can be found on a wall, right across La Capilla de Belén.
Al Hermano Pedro de Betancourt
***Pasos de fe***
Las piedras replican sus pasos,
las calles anuncian su presencia,
en medio de la neblina y aun en
la noche obscura el eco de su
voz retumba…
Samaritano que sale al encuentro,
llama a la puerta mas pocos responden,
alza su voz y se encuentra con la indiferencia.
Mas su fe va mas allá y la trasciende,
pues sabe que la indiferencia
nace de esa falta de conciencia…
Con amor y paciencia recorre
las calles en medio de la inclemencia,
a veces solo acompañado por la burla
de alguna gente…
“Acordaos hermanos que una vida
tenemos y si la perdemos
no la recobramos…”
Es su oración un recordatorio a
sus hermanos y una suplica a su Dios…
Por amor se hizo indigente,
mas no para vivir de la gente,
lo suyo son obras de caridad
socorriendo a los que el mundo olvido…
Se hizo madre, padre, hermano
enfermero y doctor…
Para repartir AMOR.
Sus huellas están plasmadas
en la ciudad de piedra
y apresar del tiempo aun
persisten y desde la eternidad
sigue clamando su voz…