Apenas transcurrían las primeras horas de la noche del domingo veintisiete de enero. Los habaneros, que ya esperábamos la llegada de un nuevo frente frío y algo de lluvia, fuimos sorprendidos por un intenso e impredecible tornado. Los que nunca habíamos vivido la fatídica experiencia, no podíamos imaginar su poder destructivo. Luego supimos que el fenómeno meteorológico se había ensañado con varios municipios de nuestra ciudad.
Temprano en la mañana recibí la llamada de un amigo. Me dijo con voz pesarosa: “Creo que perdimos a la primera de extramuros”. Se refería a la iglesia de El Buen Pastor de Jesús del Monte. La parroquia se encuentra ubicada en el municipio 10 de octubre, uno de los que las primeras noticias daban como muy afectado. Por lo que me contó, entendí que la situación allí debía ser muy complicada. Tomé la cámara y partí rumbo al sur de la ciudad.
Al llegar al sitio comprendí que mi imaginación no había sido nada objetiva. El panorama ante mis ojos superaba cualquier idealización. Mi amigo tenía razón, la realidad era desoladora. No se trataba solo de la iglesia, era una cuestión general.
De momento tuve la impresión que no estaba en el mismo sitio al que he concurrido durante muchos años, ni que las personas que me rodeaban eran las mismas que conocía. Aunque muchos se enfrascaban en tratar de ir buscándole solución a la problemática que enfrentaban, los notaba perdidos. No era para menos.
Me detuve unos instantes ante la fachada de la iglesia a observar los destrozos exteriores. Pregunté por el párroco y por los frailes mercedarios que residen en el sitio, por suerte se encontraban bien. Seguidamente entré caminando por encima de los escombros que obstaculizaban el pasillo lateral de acceso, ya iba aquilatando mejor los daños, pero aún estaba lejos de imaginar lo que encontraría posteriormente.
La iglesia perdió su cruz del campanario, la cúpula se quebró, gran parte del techo voló y algunos arcos de la nave izquierda se rompieron. Las imágenes religiosas no se pudieron salvar, el coro y los vitrales quedaron severamente averiados, las puertas se dañaron. Quedó poco dentro del templo que no sufriera daño, la mayoría de ellos irreversibles.
En ese momento recordé que lo mismo había ocurrido en el año 1846, cuando el ciclón San Francisco de Borjas sacudió a La Habana. Conocí del hecho en el transcurso de mis investigaciones históricas sobre la parroquia. Solo que del relato histórico de 1846 a la realidad actual, media un buen trecho.
La situación de la iglesia de Jesús del Monte hoy es grave y muy difícil de revertir. Para lograrlo se necesita del concurso de todos, de recursos materiales y financieros, de lo contrario se perdería una joya preciada de la iglesia católica cubana, creación del obispo Diego Evelino de Compostela, admirada por el obispo Pedro Agustín Morel de Santa Cruz, bendecida en más de una ocasión por el mitrado Francisco Fleix y Solans y remozada por Jacinto María Martínez y Sáez. La parroquia fue protagonista y testigo de grandes hechos históricos como La sublevación de los vegueros, el amotinamiento de los marineros de la flota de Francisco Javier Cotilla y Cornejo que intentaron acogerse en ella y La toma de La Habana por los ingleses entre muchos otros. Fue la administradora del primer cementerio de rango de esta ciudad y es símbolo histórico del municipio.
Mientras recorría el interior del destruido templo en busca de aquello que pudiera ser salvado y tratando de tomar las imágenes que reflejaran mejor el desastre, reparé por el visor de la cámara algo que me detuvo y me hizo apretar instintivamente el obturador. En lo alto del retablo mayor, en el presbiterio, la imagen solitaria de María, como una luz en medio de tanta incertidumbre. Luego de lo ocurrido, ¿cómo fue posible que quedara ahí, solitaria e intacta? Desde ese momento una convicción golpea constantemente mi pensamiento: este no será el hecho que termine con la historia de la primada de extramuros.Ω
Nuestra oracion y cercania con la comunidad de Jesus del Monte y con todos los damnificados por este inesperado y devastador tornado. «Nuestra esperanza esta en el Señor que hizo el cielo y la tierra»
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