3} load payizeaq pure sjuies seosofew jo 3a.) ayyThe event in the Year of Faith, the Cathedral Chapter, with the blessing of our Bishop Javier Salinas, has decided to dedicate a space to the saints and beatified people jony alive amongst us, continue inspiring saintly men and women The Chapter has decided to do teemed place for Majorca’s ch thedral, the true family home of our Church. The symbolism Iron. A tree shaped from this solid metal which is hhard to shape, stronger than time. Through the miracle Pf fire, it becomes submis- sive, workable, ductile, or- F ganic... under the blows of the smith, Strength, renun- ciation, nobility, resistance, ice, submissiveness, the of the artisan... Are these not, on a human scale, other names and. expressions for saintliness? Roots, From iron the ‘artist has. sketched a broad fan of roots which kiss the ground, stretch out, come and go and split again, embracing each other and becom ing stronger. Without the roots, the mystery of i " rA\ Numbers. Seven main roots which af@ larger —* than the others rise up where they reach the trunk, forming one group of four with one more ‘on each of the other sides. The number four brings into the composition the happy memory of James the Conqueror, the king who brought the Christian faith back to our lands. And he SS od in His wit to incarna- planted a seed. Seven layers of branches form the upper part of the tree. They are not set out symmetrically, but in- stead are like the almond and carob trees which grow freely. ‘There can be no saintliness with- out freedom. tist has hung thirty-three circles in the tree: thirty of the same diameter corre- spond to the saints, now and in the future; three smaller circles are three flowers which crown the tree, representing the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Each fruit is a circle, which was thought by the ancients to be the perfect shape, u what is above and what is below without ‘or distinction. The image of tion and Salvation. Wood. Behind the tree — there is a different wood for each one, with the ‘aim of incorporating Majorca’s wealth of flora terry, walnut, holm oak, ol personality of the wood makes the person rep- resented by each fruit different: no two paths to ess are the same. Each circle is a world, distinct, un-repeatable, charming; all_of them children of one unique tree: the Cross of the Lord. fue rm WN ; Grapes. Within the tree's symbolism there is one final hidden reference: the Eucharist, symbolized by the fruit of the vine, 30 typically ours and so Mediterranean. If one turns the tree through 180 degreesit resembles a great, immense bunch of ‘grapes... This is the mem- ory of the Eucharist, the the h