Anonymous
Here are two names that, in the firmament of the beloved country girl, They shine like two suns with inextinguishable lights, radiating light that beautifies and shines our unfading glories and heat that engenders torrents of life in all orders of genuine greatness, what, since the aborigines and over the centuries, It has been and will always be the emblem of the most legitimate nobility of all of us who have had the joy of being born in this blessed land..
Bañeres is a noun of unparalleled heroics, that prodigally increase the splendor of the Spanish glories; number of virtues and loves and work and energies, what, like the seed of a gigantic tree, contains the vital germ of lush and seasoned fruits.
Saint George is a sublime ideal that effectively propels us towards the serene regions of impeccable courage., of undiminished justice, of honesty without compromise; It is a fixed north that indicates the right path in the upward progression towards good.; He is heavenly Patron and powerful intercessor and holy defender of our spiritual and material interests., given to us by God, whose inexhaustible, infinite Providence distributes to us the glorious Martyr.
To say Bañeres is to name heroes in victorious wars, to geniuses in aggrandizing work, to summits of knowledge and virtue, hidden and ignored, yes; but no less great, because they have been the giants who have made this beloved town ours., nest of Christian homes, from honest families, of hardworking citizens, what, in honesty and tireless industry, they do not give primacy to anyone.
Saying Saint George is equivalent to evoking the bond of love that has always united us to heaven and the plethoric river through which the material and moral energies necessary to make people and individuals great and good have incessantly come to us from heaven., and the sun without setting or eclipses with which we have reached the zenith of true progress that, to be, It must necessarily be founded on the divine doctrines of the Gospel of Christ.
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These two suns, Bañeres and San Jorge, have, in its wonderful historical conjunction, made light and virtues and loves and life that immortalize infinite generations, the most beautiful, poetic and joyful explosion in our April festivities, which are a sublime compendium of national history, living exponent of pure religiosity and inexhaustible veneration of the festive genius of the children of this town, characterized in all times by the sumptuous grandeur that they have known how to give to their civic-religious solemnities.
Hence our traditional Moors and Christians festivals can be considered a lush flowering of the deep-rooted and lively patriotic arrests of the Very Noble, Faithful and Loyal Villa de Bañeres; as a splendid display of our religious fervors, and also as a palenque where skill is tested in fighting for God and for Spain., and the moral weapons are sharpened for the combat of life, and the body and spirit are nourished and saturated with healthy and holy joy., to continue, all united in the same desire, which corresponds to good brothers, in the glorious task of making religious, grande, one and free to our beloved Spain, that God has given us as Motherland.
Yes they always were, they are, in a very special way, since our providential Caudillo Franco, emulating the exploits of the Patron Saint George, he mortally wounded the Marxist beast, that dreamed of crushing and devouring the noble and excellent Spain in its jaws of infernal blackness., mother of worlds and queen of nations. Thanks to the provident and paternal government that tore us from the clutches of certain national death and preserves us in the unique position of a living and free people., Our celebrations to the venerated patron saint have achieved all the splendor that our glorious ancestors dreamed of..
Thanks to the Caudillo, that led us to victory, and thanks also to the worthy authorities who currently govern the destinies of our beloved Bañeres, that he is proud to see in them, in maximum concentration, the genuine tradition of tireless determination at work, of incorruptible morality in the administration of the public treasury, of admirable zeal for the purity of public and private customs, of love for Religion and the Homeland, which was the most glorious prize of our revered ancestors.
With enthusiasm and faith placed in God and our Patron Saint George, with the same love for Bañeres, of those who bequeathed us these incomparable values, We are getting ready to celebrate our typical holidays this year.
Let them be, at the same time as a joyful expression of the spirit, faithful echo of our deep love for Saint George, to Spain and Bañeres. With which, We will not only exalt these supreme ideals, but we will exalt ourselves and we will bequeath to our children the rich heritage of civic and religious virtues inherited from our elders., and we will deserve the blessings of heaven; the gratitude of the Homeland and the gratitude of our beloved people, How worthy is he of all greatness and all honors?.
Up Spain! Long live Franco!! Long live Saint George!!
