A man who transmitted spirituality, love, peace, humility and faith, that was Father Joaquín César Mora Salazar, better known as the Blackberry Fatherwho during the 30 years he was in Tampico He left a legacy and example for those who knew him.
Unfortunately, at 81 years old, he is part of the painful statistics of the violence that afflicts the country, when he was assassinated in a church in the municipality of Urique, in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua, where he carried out activities of his mystery of faith as a member of the Jesus company.
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Mora, together with the Jesuit priest Javier Campos Morales, 80 years oldwere killed inside the prayer site, while trying to protect a man in the church who was fleeing from a group of armed men, who was also killed on the spot.
The three corpses they were taken by the attackers, so the Jesus company demanded justice and the recovery of the bodies
Father Mora, dedicated to the works
The days in the classroom in the facilities of the Tampico Cultural Institutegatherings, charity works and more, remained in the hearts of students, teachers and administrative staff who joined in the prayers for his eternal rest.
In each of the stories, everyone remembered Mora Salazar as a man dedicated to the works of mercy, human, simple, humble and above all that transmitted peace.
“We were companions for many years, I entered in 1966 when Culturalthen the father arrived shortly after, he was very simple, humble, he was a person in whom you did not see malice or arrogance, a man very dedicated to works of mercy “, Guadalupe Gonzalez recounts.
When the disastrous news was announced, former students have not missed the opportunity to recount the experiences and lessons left by the father in their lives.
“Those of us who had classes with him met a very nice person, he was very peaceful, his advice was always measured, positive. He was a little noisy man, who enjoyed exercising, he liked to walk a lot and he was a person very dedicated to the service of the community, always trying to bring comfort and support”, express Carlos Dominguezcolumnist for this publishing house.
The book “My left foot”
In many of the condolences and memories that society has had the opportunity to express, they have not missed the opportunity to relive the lessons that the Blackberry Father left through reading the autobiography “My left Foot” of Christie Brown.
“It was a book that in each class at the end he shared a page with us, he read very slowly, it was a book that he liked a lot and at one time it became a classic, it is even a book that was made into a movie. He liked it a lot and he would read us a little bit, many of us remember that since he read very slowly sometimes he could hardly advance at all ”recalls Carlos Rodríguez,.
Similarly, he points out that Chapter 3, which is called “Tony’s Key”, was a fragment that took a long time to read.
“We will all remember his voice when reading, it was a book that he read to all his generations”, said.
The father cared for the fishermen colony
After almost 25 years of coexistence, Guadeloupe He remembers that the Jesuit felt enormous concern for the inhabitants of the Pescadores neighborhood, whom in addition to carrying out evangelization, he supported their development.
“When he was retired, he dedicated his retirement amount to help the Pescadores neighborhood, it was a community of people in great need, he offered masses, did activities and more. I lived on a street that overlooked the neighborhood, sometimes he passed by my house and stayed for a snack.”
But the work that Father Joaquín carried out in the metropolitan area was not limited to just the ICT classrooms, but he also responded to the call that the sick made and Guadalupe Gonzalez recounts an experience that undoubtedly marked his life.
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“One day at 9:00 p.m. I was very desperate because I saw my mother very seriously ill, it was very late and the doctors said that it would still last, I was looking for a priest, I asked God with all my heart to send me one so that my mother would be calmer and that’s when the bell rang and it was Father Mora; the special thing was that when I told him father to come up and he didn’t ask anything, he just went up and when he got there he gave him the holy oils and the papal blessing, that impressed me a lot because I didn’t expect that, when I just gave the blessing he said amen and my mom just tilted her head and passed away.”
Originally posted on The Sun of Tampico
Legacy of Father Mora, a man dedicated to his community in Tampico