"The true minister is Pedro"
A phrase attributed to a priest friend sums up the impression Pedro's dedication left on those who saw him work.
“I know I am the priest, but the true minister is Pedro.”
Pedro Moretti Guedes · Reminiscências de um Médico
Among the family records, a phrase attributed to Vicente, a priest close to the family, sums up the impression Pedro left: "I know I am the priest, but the true minister is Pedro."
The tribute read at the seventh-day mass says the same in other words: an office everywhere; degree, child of God; specialty, kindness; instrument, love; consulting hours, no day and no hour. Medicine, for him, was also service.
This text is an editorial adaptation of an account preserved in the family compilation "Reminiscências de um Médico" (2008). It is autobiographical memory, not a medical record or medical advice.