2023-11-16 02:00:00
‘The saint who spoke from the heart’
The bodies of Father Roque and Father Alonso were thrown into the fire. Miraculously, Father San Roque’s heart was left intact while the rest of his body was reduced to ashes. A group of indigenous people approached to collect the heart, when, according to testimonies recorded later, some of the Indians heard a voice that – with the same tone and with the same words – called them to repent. Those who heard the voice were stunned, motionless, not knowing how to react, because the voice seemed to come from the Jesuit’s heart. Each and every one of those present who heard the call did so in their own language.
Shortly after, the heart of San Roque – considered a relic – was recovered by other Jesuits, who confirmed to their surprise that it remained in perfect condition. As time passed and the heart remained incorrupt, he was taken to Rome along with the stone ax with which the group of Jesuit missionaries made up of Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz, Alonso Rodríguez Olmedo and Juan del Castillo was martyred.
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