The solemnity of the Latin songs of the Choir of the Illustrious Bar Association was added to the harmonious voice of the singer-songwriter Pipo Prendes and the joy of the Quarantine of Oviedo, during an emotional ceremony to honor the victims of covid. All of them attended yesterday the Sunday homily officiated by the dean, Benito Gallego. The music raised the emotions of the many attendees and created an atmosphere that was both warm and solemn. “Although they do wonderfully, I pray that the applause is from within,” the dean requested.
The reading, from the Gospel of Saint John (14:23), reminded them that peace is found at the end of the road and implies struggle premises. “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our home with him,” read Gallego. Later he made reference to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to explain that, as happened with Jesus, sometimes it is necessary for the road to become tortuous because “the good always awaits.”
He also recalled that the memory of the deceased due to the pandemic is honored every day and every human being – earthly pilgrims, heavenly residents, saints and souls in Purgatory – is linked under the protection of the same Father. “To find eternal peace, which goes beyond death, war or missiles, it is necessary to save the heart,” said the dean.
José Manuel Pérez-Prendes Pantiga, for all Pipo Prendes, dressed the offer after the sermon along the lines of Benito Gallego. With a nostalgic but hopeful song. “I draw strength from weakness, we miss you more every day… Your example, love, has not been in vain. Now you rest, you are with God”, intoned the candasín artist together with his inseparable guitar.
“It is incredible to be able to count on the participation of these professionals,” acknowledged the parish priest.
The choir enlivened the event with a classic ecclesiastical repertoire in Latin. Later, their voices gave way to the tunos, who closed the ceremony. The members of the association of veteran tunos – the Cuarentuna, as they call it, of the University of Oviedo – gathered the attendees around the chapel of the Virgin of Covadonga to dedicate a song to her. They honored the Virgin, whose month par excellence is May, concluded the dean. Those present begged her: “Help us walk.”
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