The title of the novel is constantly repeated throughout the novel. Although it is not the complete title Bless Me Ultima, the words bless me are used a number of times throughout the story of Antonio’s life. In one of Antonio’s dreams, the phrase is first spoken by a man. The man said to the others in the room, “Perhaps God will bless our family and make the baby a priest” (5). Although antonio was not able to recognize who the people in his dream, he knew that the young boy who was born that day was to become a priest, he knew it was him. To the Luna family to have a priest in their family has been considered a blessing because one of their ancestors was also a priest. From the first day Antonio was born he gave his first blessing which
