A little over a year ago, Pope Francis A Dominican priest was appointed Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat Javier Gomez GarciaWho served as Director of the Immigration Department of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
This week has become religious … In the news after publishing an open letter to the singer Rosalia. He did so through Sunday’s page, in which Gómez García analyzes “Lux,” the artist’s new album in which she speaks frankly about her spirituality and reflects on faith.
“I write to you from this cover like someone throwing a message into the sea in a bottle; The priest begins by saying: “Who knows if he can reach you.” “I cannot understand you, but I would like to. Your art, hypnotically eclectic and performative, and yourself, raise questions in me. Maybe we don’t have to understand that. But I wonder what’s inside you, in your inner world at this point or cycle of your life as a woman and an artist,” she reflects on the songs on the album.
Spiritual journey
“When you talk about the “thirst” that the world cannot satisfy, and that only God can fill this void, the search for meaning that runs through Andrei Rublev’s film comes to mind. Tarkovsky. Amidst darkness and violence, the Russian painter searches for light, beauty and faith, although he does not find easy answers. Like him, you seem to experience art as a spiritual journey, where creativity is a form of pilgrimage toward the beyond. But you haven’t just done it… Without leaving the moorings, it won’t be easy to reach the port you’ve always dreamed of. “If you want to get there,” he says of some of his lyrics.
“Your words puzzle me, but they also open me to the possibility of dialogue about the complexity of the human experience. You understand love as a force that can be painful, liberating, and even divine. Your art is a space where vulnerability and strength coexist, where desire and faith can find each other.”
He ends by saying: “There is silence that speaks more than a thousand songs. I wonder if, when everything is quiet, you find peace or just more noise. Maybe the answer is not outside, but inside you.
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