Don Francisco Fernández-Carvajal passed away on March 7 at the age of 88. He was an Andalusian priest who has helped, and will continue to help, millions of people to talk to God. It is something that, in one way or another, we all seek.
Christ always has something to tell us. And all that he wants to tell us is, fundamentally, in the Gospels. But it helps us a lot if they comment and explain to us the meaning of each message, of each parable, of each miracle. It also helps us when they suggest to us how to relate it to our daily rights and duties, so that our intention may please God.
Fernández-Carvajal has been known mainly for publishing, in different volumes, a collection of more than five hundred meditations, so that they cover all the days of the calendar. He also has other interesting titles such as a Life of Jesus.
He never addressed himself to specialists but to mothers of families, employees, people of all kinds. That is why I was not surprised to see his books even in the mountain range of Huancavelica, in Peru. Twenty years ago he had already sold more than two million of these useful books. It is well born to be grateful.
