{"id":93867,"date":"2026-02-13T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/madrid-assemblea-sacerdotale-con-il-cardinale-bustillo\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:28:10","slug":"madrid-assemblea-sacerdotale-con-il-cardinale-bustillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/madrid-assemblea-sacerdotale-con-il-cardinale-bustillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid: Priestly Assembly with Cardinal BUSTILLO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On February 9-10, 2026, the first large assembly of diocesan and religious priests, called a \u201cConvivium,\u201d was held in Madrid, Spain. His Eminence Cardinal Jos\u00e9 COBO CANO, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain, called together a total of 1,200 priests with the aim of praying, meeting one another, listening to the voice of the Church, and sharing together in the grace of the priesthood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the speakers was our own confrere, Cardinal Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier BUSTILLO YBARRA, originally from Navarre (northern Spain). His address was widely appreciated both for its content and its style. \u201cPowerful and kerygmatic,\u201d many commented at the end. Cardinal BUSTILLO urged those present not to reduce themselves to mere administrators, but to live their ministry with creativity and imagination, as true visionaries: \u201cWe cannot do things only out of a sense of responsibility, forgetting the joy, passion, and anointing that are the true driving force of the mission.\u201d<br \/>\nIn his talk, he referred to the scriptural passage about David and Goliath: \u201cDavid refuses Saul\u2019s armor because it prevents him from moving. He does not follow tactical or strategic convention, but relies on prophetic simplicity and the power of God.\u201d Cardinal BUSTILLO also warned against three major dangers in the priestly vocation: \u201cAmnesia, lukewarmness, and anemia.\u201d Finally, he encouraged everyone to confidently embrace the newness of the Spirit: \u201cIt is not a matter of erasing the past or tradition, but of enriching the life of the Church by listening to the Spirit.\u201d<br \/>\nSeveral friars of the Province of Our Lady of Montserrat, residing in Madrid, took part in the Convivium. Among them were the Minister Provincial, Friar Juan Antonio AD\u00c1NEZ SILV\u00c1N, members of the Provincial Definitory, and friars from the formation house. It was undoubtedly a valuable time of communion and renewed apostolic zeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Friar Jes\u00fas Abel GARC\u00cdA-CEZ\u00d3N ROLD\u00c1N<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 9-10, 2026, the first large assembly of diocesan and religious priests, called a \u201cConvivium,\u201d was held in Madrid, Spain. His Eminence Cardinal Jos\u00e9 COBO CANO, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain, called together a total of 1,200 priests with the aim of praying, meeting one another, listening to the voice of the Church, and sharing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,117,148],"tags":[249,5086,2514,891],"class_list":["post-93867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federations","category-fimp-en","category-news","tag-assembly","tag-convivium","tag-francois-xavier-bustillo-en","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93869,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93867\/revisions\/93869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}