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Father Gallegos
Father Jesus is the old, kindly priest for the village of Isleta. Though Jesus is nearly blind and almost childlike in his superstitions, Latour admires his “golden goodness.” Unlike most other priests in the region, Jesus has earned the trust of the nearby indigenous community, largely through his careful cultivation of several tropical parrots. Jesus helps rally many of the smaller New Mexican towns around Latour.
Father Jesus Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Father Jesus or refer to Father Jesus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3: The Wooden Parrot
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“At Ácoma,” [Father Jesus] said, “you can see something very holy. They have their portrait of St. Joseph, sent to them by one of the Kings of Spain, long ago, and it has worked many miracles. If the season is dry, the Ácoma people take the picture down to their farms at Ácoma, and it never fails to produce rain. They have rain when none falls in all the country, and may have crops when the Laguna Indians have none.”
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Father Jesus Quotes in Death Comes for the Archbishop
The Death Comes for the Archbishop quotes below are all either spoken by Father Jesus or refer to Father Jesus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3: The Wooden Parrot
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“At Ácoma,” [Father Jesus] said, “you can see something very holy. They have their portrait of St. Joseph, sent to them by one of the Kings of Spain, long ago, and it has worked many miracles. If the season is dry, the Ácoma people take the picture down to their farms at Ácoma, and it never fails to produce rain. They have rain when none falls in all the country, and may have crops when the Laguna Indians have none.”
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