#Rafael Arnáiz Barón
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Thanks to you I recognized San Rafael Arnaiz’s name in a book.
*tearful smile*
I just love him so much.
For those who don't know him, St Rafael Arnáiz was a trappist, from Spain, who died at a relatively young age, of diabetes, around the time of the Spanish Civil War.
I found him -or he found me- at a very sad time in my life, that because of [PERSONAL BACKSTORY I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SHARING HERE], had me very desperate and despondent thinking I was "nothing" and that my life was "broken", that everyone had a neat little path and place in the world, and that I had missed my train to my own.
I did find some consolation in St Benedict Joseph Labré, but then, he was also somewhat a figure of legend: desiring for long the monastic life, being assaulted by scruples every time he tried it (probably also OCD and anxiety), he then dedicated most of his life to being a pilgrim, constantly going back and forth to places of pilgrimage, begging, taking letters from one monastery to another, etc, etc. But I could never become that.
The thing with St Rafael is that his journey is so real, so small, so humble, and above all so honest and raw, reading his notebooks is a very cathartic experience. His story starts like so many saints stories, with loving family and miraculous recovery from illness in childhood, a brilliant career in the world as an architect being left behind for the austere and secluded life of a trappist monk... and then he gets sick. And his whole life crumbles around him. He's handed a death sentence, left without direction, in the middle of a war-torn country. And so he goes through these harrowing experiences of having to tear himself from the trappa and then from the world and back again, while feeling at home nowhere, carrying the fatigue and the thirst and the irritability of his (then) chronic, terminal illness... and then he returns to the trappa one last time, and he live a little while, and then dies.
In appearance his life is a tragedy and a failure... and yet there's such a light in it. Not in terms of a forced cheerfulness and grand declarations of deserving pain and embracing expiation... when he suffers he suffers and he complains, and he tries again, and he finds joy in small things, and his mood changes several times in one day, from feeling the most miserable idiot, peeling turnips in the cold, to the mental image of turning Heaven into a farmer's market and laughing when thinking of seeing Christ and the saints and himself surrounded by baskets and baskets of prepared fruits and roots and veggies.
Bottom line: his life mattered, obscure and "failed" as it was. A life doesn't need to be triumphant to matter, and a person doesn't have to reach or perform the extraordinary or the expected to be lovable and loved and mourned and remembered.
Some of his art:
The man himself:
And that's why I picked him for my Confirmation saint, because I felt understood, and I understood that my life was worth it, wherever it led me in the end.
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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT RAFAEL ARNÁIZ BARÓN
The Patron of Diabetes
Feast Day: April 26
Rafael Arnáiz Barón was born in Burgos, Spain, on April 9, 1911 into a well-to-do Christian family. He was the eldest of four. As a boy he attended several schools run by Jesuits and his sensitivity to spiritual topics and to art was apparent from boyhood. These qualities were remarkably well balanced giving him an open, joyful attitude to the world, combined with exuberant good humour, respect and humility.
Bouts of fever and pleurisy interrupted his education. When he had recovered his father took him to Zaragoza to consecrate him to Our Lady of the Pillar and his family moved to Oviedo where he completed his secondary schooling.
In 1930, Rafael embarked on architectural studies in Madrid. It was in this year that his deeper commitment to Christ began. After completing his secondary schooling, that summer he had spent a holiday near Avila at the home of his uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Maqueda. It was they who introduced him to the Trappist Monastery of San Isidoro de Dueñas whose beauty and prayerful atmosphere attracted him.
He was called up but declared unfit for active duty. He decided to abandon his architectural studies in Madrid and seek the mystery of the 'Absolute' in this Cistercian Monastery of the Strict Observance, which he entered on 16 January 1934 and joyfully received the white habit. He was 23.
He said upon entering that this decision had not been prompted by suffering or disappointments but rather by God who, 'in his infinite goodness' had given him far more in life than he deserved. Rafael felt deeply suited to the monastic rhythm of Gregorian chant and the Liturgy of the Hours. He wrote many letters to his mother, who after his death collected them in a book, and to his uncle and aunt with whom he had a close friendship.
Four months after entering the monastery, after an austere Lent, he was smitten by a serious form of diabetes mellitus which forced him to go home for treatment. Indeed, he was obliged to go back and forth between his home and the monastery again and again between 1935 and 1937. It was at the height of the Spanish Civil War.
Thus, on his final return to the monastery, he was made an oblate, taking the last place and living on the fringes of the community. Canon law at the time did not permit a person in his condition of poor health to take monastic vows.
He died in the monastery's infirmary on April 26, 1938 after a final attack of the disease at only 27 years old. He was buried in the monastery cemetery and his remains were later translated to the Abbey Church.
Despite his brief life, he embodies the Cistercian grace in a remarkably pure way. From beginning to end he let himself be led through a series of bewildering contradictions and perplexities illness, war, the inability to pronounce his vows, abnormal community relations until he totally renounced himself. Humiliation was his constant companion.
His one desire was to live in order to love: to love Jesus, Mary, the Cross, his Trappist monastery. His reputation for holiness spread rapidly throughout Spain and his grave at San Isidro became a place of pilgrimage where many favours were received.
On August 19, 1989, at the World Youth Day in Santiago de Compostela, John Paul II proposed Bro. Rafael as a model for young people today, and beatified him on September 27, 1992, in Rome.
In his Homily at the beatification Mass, the late Pope said of this Spanish Trappist that he set an example, especially for young people, 'of a loving and unconditional response to the divine call'.
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Chips with Everything, by Arnold Wesker (Play; 1962)
Cold War (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
The Dish (Film; 2000)
The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene (Book; 2004)
The Five-Year Engagement (Film; 2012)
Für Elise, a.k.a. Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, written by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Music; 1810)
Heavy Cream, by Cream (Compilation Album; 1973)
Hooked Bear (Disney Cartoon; 1956)
Hoots Mon! (Film; 1940)
In His Own Write, by John Lennon (Poetry Book; 1964)
Justice Society: World War II (WB Animated Film; 2021)
Kill the Umpire (Film; 1950)
Koyaanisqatsi (Documentary Film; 1983)
The Krays (Film; 1990)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film; 1975)
Mrs. Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1968)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, by George Frederic Handel (Orchestral Suite; 1749)
Now Hear This (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits! (Animated Film; 2012)
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We’re Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister (Song; 1984)
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One Minute Reflection - 26 April - ' Trust, be faithful and He is with you...'
One Minute Reflection – 26 April – ‘ Trust, be faithful and He is with you…’
One Minute Reflection – 26 April – Third Sunday of Easter, Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33, Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11, 1 Peter 1:17-21, Luke 24:13-35 and the Memorial of St Rafael Arnáiz Barón (1911-1938)
“Stay with us” … Luke 24:29
REFLECTION– “My brethren, when was it that the Lord made Himself recognised? When He broke the bread. So we ourselves are convinced, too, that when we break the bread we…
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"Só posso dizer que no amor à Cruz de Cristo, encontrei a verdadeira felicidade e sou feliz, absolutamente feliz, como ninguém pode suspeitar, quando me abraço à ensaguentada Cruz e vejo que Jesus me ama, e que Maria também me ama, apesar de minhas misérias, de minhas negligências, de meus pecados. Mas eu não tenho importância... só Deus". São Rafael Arnáiz Barón https://www.instagram.com/p/B-mz-w0pj6J/?igshid=16l4f0j05hu98
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SAN RAFAEL ARNÁIZ BARÓN
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SAN RAFAEL ARNÁIZ BARÓN, conocido en España como el Hermano Rafael. Nació en Burgos (España) el 9 de abril de 1911, en el seno de una familia acomodada y profundamente cristiana. Se educó en los jesuitas, estudió pintura y luego cursó la carrera de arquitectura en Madrid. Era un apasionado de la fotografía y tenía un notable talento artístico. Ingresó en el monasterio trapense de San Isidro de…
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13 Octubre
Martes de la vigesimoctava semana del Tiempo Ordinario
El Evangelio del día
Evangelio según San Lucas 11,37-41.
Cuando terminó de hablar, un fariseo lo invitó a cenar a su casa. Jesús entró y se sentó a la mesa.
El fariseo se extrañó de que no se lavara antes de comer.
Pero el Señor le dijo: "¡Así son ustedes, los fariseos! Purifican por fuera la copa y el plato, y por dentro están llenos de voracidad y perfidia.
¡Insensatos! El que hizo lo de afuera, ¿no hizo también lo de adentro?
Den más bien como limosna lo que tienen y todo será puro.
Extraído de la Biblia: Libro del Pueblo de Dios.
San Rafael Arnáiz Barón (1911-1938)
monje trapense español
Escritos espirituales, 04/03/1938
"Da limosna de lo que tienes, así todo en ti será puro"
Dios está en el corazón desprendido…, en el silencio de la oración, en el sacrificio voluntario al dolor, en el vacío del mundo y sus criaturas... Dios está en la Cruz, y mientras no amemos la Cruz, no le veremos, no le sentiremos...
Callen los hombres, que no hacen más que meter ruido.
¡Ah!, Señor, qué feliz soy en mi retiro... Cuánto te amo en mi soledad... Cuánto quisiera ofrecerte que no tengo, pues ya te lo he dado todo... Pídeme, Señor..., mas ¿qué he de darte? ¿Mi cuerpo?, ya lo tienes; es tuyo. ¿Mi alma?... Señor, ¿en quién suspira sino en Ti, para que de una vez la acabes de tomar? ¿Mí corazón? está a los pies de María, llorando de amor..., sin ya nada querer, más que a Tí. ¿Mi voluntad? ¿acaso, Señor, deseo lo que Tú no deseas? Dímelo... dime, Señor, cuál es tu voluntad, y pondré la mía a tu lado... Amo todo lo que Tú me envíes y me mandes, tanto salud como enfermedad, tanto estar aquí como allí, tanto ser una cosa como otra ¿Mi vida? tómala, Señor Dios mío, cuando Tú quieras.
¡Cómo no ser feliz así!
Si el mundo y los hombres supieran. Pero no sabrán; están muy ocupados en sus intereses; tienen el corazón muy lleno de cosas que no son Dios. Vive el mundo muy para un fin terreno; sueñan los hombres con esta vida, en que todo es vanidad, y así..., no se puede encontrar la verdadera felicidad que es el amor a Dios. Quizás se llegue a comprender, pero para sentirla hay que vivirla, y muy pocos renuncian a si mismos y toman su cruz (Mt 16,24).., aun entre los religiosos...Señor..., qué cosas permites..., tu sabiduría sabrá; tenme a mi de la mano y no permitas que mi pie resbale, pues si Tú no lo haces..., ¿quién me ayudará? ¿Y si Tú no edificas? (Sal. 126,1)...
Ah!, Señor, cuánto te quiero. ¡Hasta cuándo,
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Biografía de San Rafael Arnáiz Barón, conmemorando un año más de su fallecimiento. Es un gran modeló de vida entre los jóvenes.
Su frase célebre es : " ¡ Qué grande es Dios. Qué dulce es María!"
Nació en Burgos (España) el 9 de abril de 1911, de una familia de alta sociedad y profundamente religiosa. En esa misma ciudad fue bautizado y confirmado. Comenzó sus estudios en el colegio de los padres jesuitas y recibió por primera vez la Eucaristía en 1919.
En esos años tuvo la primera visita de la que habría de ser su asidua compañera: una enfermedad de fiebres colibacilares que le obligó a interrumpir sus estudios. Cuando se recuperó, su padre, en agradecimiento a lo que consideró una intervención especial de la santísima Virgen, a finales del verano de 1921 lo llevó a Zaragoza, donde lo consagró a la Virgen del Pilar.
Su familia se trasladó a Oviedo, y allí continuó sus estudios de bachillerato, en el colegio de los padres jesuitas y al terminar se matriculó en la Escuela superior de arquitectura de Madrid, donde supo unir el estudio con una ardiente y asidua vida de piedad; había introducido en su horario de estudio una larga visita diaria a "el Amo" en el oratorio de Caballero de Gracia, y participaba puntualmente en su turno de adoración nocturna.
De inteligencia brillante y ecléctica, Rafael tenía destacadas dotes para la amistad y buen trato. Poseía un carácter alegre y jovial; era deportista, rico en talento para el dibujo y la pintura; le gustaba la música y el teatro. A la vez que crecía en edad y desarrollaba su personalidad, crecía también en su experiencia espiritual de vida cristiana.
En su corazón bien dispuesto a escuchar Dios quiso suscitar la invitación a una consagración especial en la vida contemplativa. Había conocido la trapa de San Isidro de Dueñas y se sintió fuertemente atraído porque la percibió como el lugar que correspondía a sus íntimos deseos. Así, en diciembre de 1933 interrumpió sus cursos en la universidad, y el 16 de enero 1934 entró en el monasterio de San Isidro.
Después de los primeros meses de noviciado y la primera Cuaresma vividos con entusiasmo en medio de las austeridades de la trapa, de improviso Dios quiso probarlo misteriosamente con una penosa enfermedad: una aguda diabetes sacarina, que lo obligó a abandonar apresuradamente el monasterio y a regresar a casa de sus padres para ser cuidado adecuadamente.
Regresó a la trapa apenas restablecido, pero la enfermedad le obligó a abandonar varias veces el monasterio, donde volvió otras tantas veces para responder generosa y fielmente a la llamada de Dios.
Se santificó en la gozosa y heroica fidelidad a su vocación, en la aceptación amorosa de los planes de Dios y del misterio de la cruz, en la búsqueda apasionada del rostro de Dios; le fascinaba la contemplación de lo Absoluto; tenía una tierna filial devoción a la Virgen María —la "Señora" como le gustaba llamarla—. Falleció en la madrugada del 26 de abril de 1938, recién cumplidos los 27 años. Fue sepultado en el cementerio del monasterio, y después en la iglesia abacial.
Muy pronto su fama de santidad se extendió fuera de los muros del convento. Sus numerosos escritos ascéticos y místicos continúan difundiéndose con gran aceptación y para el bien de cuantos entran en contacto con él. Ha sido definido como uno de los más grandes místicos del siglo XX.
El 19 de agosto de 1989 el Papa Juan Pablo II, con ocasión de la Jornada mundial de la juventud en Santiago de Compostela, lo propuso como modelo para los jóvenes del mundo de hoy y el 27 de septiembre de 1992 lo proclamó beato.
Con su canonización el Papa Benedicto XVI lo presenta como amigo, ejemplo e intercesor a todos los fieles, sobre todo a los jóvenes.
Oración a San Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Qué grande es Dios! ¡Qué bien ordena los acontecimientos siempre para su gloria!
¡Sólo Dios llena el alma..., y la llena toda!
La verdadera felicidad se encuentra en Dios y solamente en Dios.
El que no tiene a Dios necesita consuelo; pero el que ama a Dios, ¿qué más consuelo?
¡Cómo se inunda mi alma de caridad verdadera hacia el hombre, hacia el hermano débil, enfermo...! Si el mundo supiera lo que es amar un poco a Dios, también amaría al prójimo.
Al amar a Jesús, forzosamente se ama lo que El ama.
La única verdad es... Cristo.
He hecho el votó de amar siempre a Jesús. Virgen Maria, ayúdame a cumplir mi voto.
Para Jesús todo, y todo, para siempre, para siempre.
No le bastó a Dios entregarnos a su Hijo en una Cruz, sino además nos dejó a Maria.
Honrando a la Virgen, amaremos más a Jesús; poniéndonos bajo su manto, comprenderemos mejor la misericordia divina.
¡Qué grande es Dios, qué dulce es María!
Amén.
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#ThursdayThoughts #Thursday #Gospel "How good God is, I thought! There is peace everywhere except in the human heart. God is so good to me that, in the silence, He speaks to my heart and teaches me, little by little, sometimes in tears, always with the cross, to detach myself from creatures, not to look for perfection except in Him." Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón Luke 19:41-44 (Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfnAjCFWqd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ysny94tkwyoc
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Gott ist in einem losgelösten Herzen zu finden, in der Stille des Gebetes, im Leiden als einem freiwilligen Opfer; in der Abgeschiedenheit von der Welt und ihren Kreaturen … Gott ist im Kreuz, und solange wir das Kreuz nicht lieben, werden wir ihn nicht sehen, ihn nicht wahrnehmen … Schweigt doch, ihr Menschen, die ihr ständig Lärm macht!
O Herr, wie glücklich bin ich in meiner Zurückgezogenheit! Wie sehr liebe ich dich in meiner Einsamkeit! Wie gerne wollte ich dir schenken, was nicht mehr mein ist, weil ich dir schon alles gegeben habe. Bitte mich um etwas, Herr! … Aber was könnte ich dir geben? Meinen Leib hast du schon, er gehört dir; meine Seele, wonach sehnt sie sich denn, wenn nicht nach dir, damit du sie endlich zu dir nimmst? Mein Herz liegt Maria zu Füßen, es weint vor Liebe und will nichts anderes mehr als dich. Mein Wille … – will ich vielleicht etwas, Herr, was du nicht willst? Sag es mir; sag mir doch, Herr, was dein Wille ist, und ich werde meinem damit in Einklang bringen. Ich liebe alles, was du mir schickst und mir gibst: Gesundheit ebenso wie Krankheit, Hier-Sein wie Dort-Sein, dieses wie jenes. Mein Leben … – nimm es, Herr, wann immer du willst. Wie sollte ich so nicht glücklich sein?
Wenn die Welt und die Menschen wüssten … Aber sie werden es nicht erfahren: Sie sind zu sehr mit ihren Interessen beschäftigt; ihre Herzen sind voll von Dingen, die nicht Gott sind. Die Welt lebt doch sehr auf ein irdisches Ziel hin. Die Menschen träumen von diesem Leben, in dem doch alles nichtig ist, und so können sie das wahre Glück – die Liebe Gottes – nicht finden. Es gelingt ihnen vielleicht, dieses Glück zu verstehen, aber um es empfinden zu können, gibt es nur sehr wenige, die sich selbst loslassen und das Kreuz Jesu auf sich nehmen … (vgl. Mt 16,24), selbst unter Ordensleuten … Herr, was lässt du mir alles zukommen! … Deine Weisheit weiß, was sie tut. Und ich … – bewahre mich in deiner Hand, lass nicht zu, dass mein Fuß ausgleitet, denn, ohne dich – wer käme mir zu Hilfe? Und „wenn du nicht das Haus baust …“ (vgl. Ps 127(126),1) O Herr, wie ich dich liebe! … Wie lange noch, Herr! …
-- Dienstag, 13 Oktober 2020 : Kommentar Hl. Rafael Arnáiz Barón
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Holidays 4.27
Holidays
Abolition Day (Mayotte)
Administrative Professional's Day (f.k.a Secretary's Day) [Wednesday of last full week]
Autism Super Mom Day
Babe Ruth Day
Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)
Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
Denim Day [Last Wednesday]
Flag Day (Moldova)
Freedom Day (South Africa)
Independence Day (Sierra Leone; from UK, 1961)
Independence Day (Togo; from France, 1960)
International Donor Conception Awareness Day
International Guide Dog Day [Last Wednesday]
International Noise Awareness Day [Last Wednesday]
Koninginnedag (King’s Day; Netherlands)
Learn To Make An Apricot Cream Pie Day
Marine Mammal Rescue Day
Marselan Day
Matanzas Mule Day
Mayotte National Day
Morse Code Day
National Back Office Heroes Days
National D.J. Day
National Little Pampered Dog Day
National Pneumatics Day
National Veterans' Day (Finland)
New Beginning Day
Resistance Day (Slovenia)
Rogers Hornsby Day
Sleep Day
Stop Food Waste Day [Last Wednesday]
Tell A Story Day
UnFreedom Day (South Africa)
Woody Woodpecker Day
World Design Day
World Graphic Design Day
World Stationery Day [Last Wednesday]
World Tapir Day
Write An Old Friend Today Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chips with Everything Day
National Devil Dog Day
National Prime Rib Day
Feast Days
Anastasius, Pope (Christian; Confessor)
Anthimus of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint)
Assicus (Christian; Saint)
Ennead Sail Through the Land, The (Ancient Egypt)
Floribert of Liège (Christian; Saint)
Hanuman Jayanti (Birthday of the Monkey God; Hindu)
Jethro Tull Day Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
John of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
Liberalis of Treviso (Christian; Saint)
Pollio (Christian; Saint)
Rafael Arnáiz Barón (Christian; Saint)
Virgin of Montserrat (Christian; Saint)
Xenophon (Positivist; Saint)
Yom HaShoah begins (Holocaust Remembrance Day; Judaism) [27 Nisan; 8 Days]
Zita of Lucca (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Lucky Day (Philippines) [23 of 71]
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Premieres
Avengers: Infinity War (Film; 2018)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film; 1975)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 117 of 2022; 248 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 17 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 13 of 28]
Chinese: Month 3 (Huáiyuè), Day 27 (Geng-Xu)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 26 Nisan 5782
Islamic: 25 Ramaḍān 1443
J Cal: 27 Aqua; Fiveday [27 of 30]
Julian: 14 April 2022
Moon: 9% Waning Crescent
Positivist: 5 Caesar (5th Month) [Xenophon]
Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 15 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 39 of 90)
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 8 of 30)
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Quote/s of the Day - 26 April - "... only the Cross of Christ"
Quote/s of the Day – 26 April – “… only the Cross of Christ”
Quote/s of the Day – 26 April – Friday of Easter week and the Memorial of St Rafael Arnáiz Barón OCSO (1911-1938)
“…only the Cross of Christ
sheds light on the path of this life….
God is in the detached heart,
in the silence of prayer,
in the voluntary sacrifice to pain,
in the emptiness of the world and its creatures.
God is in the Cross and,
as long as we do not love the Cross,
we will not see…
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Santoral | Hoy la Iglesia recuerda a San Fray María Rafael Arnáiz. El abogado de los jóvenes
Religioso de la Orden de los Cistercienses que siendo aún un novicio fue golpeado por una terrible enfermedad que llevó con paciencia y amor (Imagen: Píldoras de Fe) Martirologio romano: En el monasterio de San Isidoro de Dueñas, en España, San Fray María Rafael Arnáiz Barón, quien fue religio...
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