Jos\u00e9 Anacleto Gonz\u00e1lez Flores naquit \u00e0 Tepatitl\u00e1n (Jalisco, Mexique) le 13 juillet 1888, dans un milieu d\u2019extr\u00eame pauvret\u00e9. En 1908, il entra au s\u00e9minaire auxiliaire de San Juan de los Lagos et fit rapidement des progr\u00e8s remarquables dans les sciences. Comprenant que sa vocation n\u2019\u00e9tait pas le sacerdoce, il s\u2019inscrivit \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole libre de droit. \u00c9ducateur, orateur, cat\u00e9chiste et figure sociale chr\u00e9tienne remarquable, il devint un fervent d\u00e9fenseur des catholiques de Guadalajara.<\/p>\n
Anacleto menait une vie spirituelle intense qu\u2019il partageait avec son directeur spirituel, l\u2019archev\u00eaque de Guadalajara. Chaque jour, il commen\u00e7ait sa journ\u00e9e par la messe et la communion. Chaque matin, il prenait un temps de pri\u00e8re et de m\u00e9ditation et, en tant que membre du Tiers-Ordre franciscain, il observait fid\u00e8lement la r\u00e8gle de vie et priait g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement selon les commandements.<\/p>\n
Dot\u00e9 d\u2019une vaste culture, il a \u00e9crit plusieurs livres empreints d\u2019esprit chr\u00e9tien, ainsi que des centaines d\u2019articles de presse. En octobre 1922, il \u00e9pousa Mar\u00eda Concepci\u00f3n Guerrero. Anacleto fut un mari exemplaire et un p\u00e8re attentionn\u00e9 pour ses deux enfants.<\/p>\n
Tr\u00e8s fid\u00e8le \u00e0 son pr\u00e9lat, le Serviteur de Dieu Francisco Orozco y Jim\u00e9nez, il pr\u00f4nait une r\u00e9sistance pacifique et civilis\u00e9e aux attaques de l\u2019\u00c9tat contre l\u2019\u00c9glise catholique. L\u2019\u00c9glise subissait des pers\u00e9cutions au Mexique depuis l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance du pays. Cependant, ces pers\u00e9cutions s\u2019intensifi\u00e8rent avec l\u2019arriv\u00e9e au pouvoir d\u2019El\u00edas Plutarco Calles. Le 2 juillet 1926, la \u00ab\u00a0Loi Calles\u00a0\u00bb, qui bafouait la libert\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00c9glise, fut promulgu\u00e9e. Son objectif \u00e9tait d\u2019\u00e9liminer l\u2019\u00c9glise catholique.<\/p>\n
Les atrocit\u00e9s et les assassinats se multipli\u00e8rent. Face \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chec des moyens pacifiques, de nombreux Mexicains offrirent leur vie dans l\u2019holocauste et prirent les armes pour d\u00e9fendre leur foi aux cris de \u00ab\u00a0Vive le Christ Roi\u00a0! Vive Notre-Dame de Guadalupe\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb. Ce soul\u00e8vement fut appel\u00e9 la guerre des Cristeros. Anacleto participa \u00e0 ce conflit en d\u00e9fendant la libert\u00e9 religieuse par la parole.<\/p>\n
Fin 1926, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9puis\u00e9 tous les recours l\u00e9gaux et civiques possibles, et face \u00e0 l\u2019organisation imminente d\u2019une r\u00e9sistance active par les catholiques, Anacleto soutint, par son prestige, ses paroles et sa vie, les projets de la Ligue nationale pour la d\u00e9fense de la libert\u00e9 religieuse. Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral voulait se d\u00e9barrasser de lui, mais Anacleto \u00e9tait pr\u00eat \u00e0 verser son sang par amour pour le Christ et son \u00c9glise, si injustement pers\u00e9cut\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Au petit matin du 1er avril 1927, il fut arr\u00eat\u00e9 chez la famille Vargas Gonz\u00e1lez et conduit \u00e0 la caserne de Colorado, o\u00f9 il subit d\u2019atroces tortures. On lui demanda notamment de r\u00e9v\u00e9ler o\u00f9 se trouvait l\u2019archev\u00eaque de Guadalajara\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Je ne sais pas, et m\u00eame si je le savais, je ne vous le dirais pas\u00a0\u00bb, r\u00e9pondit-il. Les tortionnaires, sur ordre du g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de division Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda Ferreira, chef des op\u00e9rations militaires au Jalisco, lui disloqu\u00e8rent les membres, lui soulev\u00e8rent la plante des pieds et, \u00e0 coups de poing, lui disloqu\u00e8rent un bras.<\/p>\n
Avant de mourir, il dit \u00e0 Ferreira\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Je te pardonne du fond du c\u0153ur. Nous nous retrouverons bient\u00f4t devant le tribunal divin. Le m\u00eame juge qui me jugera sera le tien, et tu auras alors en moi un intercesseur aupr\u00e8s de Dieu.\u00a0\u00bb Le soldat ordonna qu\u2019on le transperce du tranchant d\u2019une ba\u00efonnette. Sa mort plongea les habitants de Guadalajara dans le deuil.<\/p>\n
Le pape Beno\u00eet XVI approuva sa b\u00e9atification le 15 novembre 2005. En 2019, Anacleto Gonz\u00e1lez Flores a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 saint patron des la\u00efcs mexicains.<\/p>\n
La comm\u00e9moration liturgique \u2013 1er avril.<\/p>\n
Sources\u00a0:<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/news_services\/liturgy\/saints\/ns_lit_doc_20051120_anacleto-gonzalez_sp.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.franciscanpenancelibrary.com\/2013-may-newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.homeofthemother.org\/en\/magazine\/selected-articles\/saints\/10632-blessed-anacleto-gonz%C3%A1lez-flores<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jos\u00e9 Anacleto Gonz\u00e1lez Flores naquit \u00e0 Tepatitl\u00e1n (Jalisco, Mexique) le 13 juillet 1888, dans un milieu d\u2019extr\u00eame pauvret\u00e9. En 1908, il entra au s\u00e9minaire auxiliaire de San Juan de los Lagos et fit rapidement des progr\u00e8s remarquables dans les sciences. Comprenant que sa vocation n\u2019\u00e9tait pas le sacerdoce, il s\u2019inscrivit \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole libre de droit. 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