AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

QUINTO DOMINGO DE PASCOA

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QUINTO DOMINGO DE PASCOA
03 MAIO 2015
UMA REFLEXÃO


A  liturgia desse Quinto Domingo de Pascoa nos convida a refletir sobre a nossa união a Cristo  e nos dize que somente unidos à Cristo temos acesso à vida verdadeira. O Evengelho apresenta Jesus como " a verdadeira videira" que dá frutos bons que Deus espera: convida os discipulos a permanecerem unidos à Cristo, pois é Dele que receberão a vida plena. Se permancerem em Cristo os discipulos serão verdadeira testemunhas no meio dos homens da vida e do amor de Deus.

THE WAYS OF THE SPIRIT

Did the Virgin Mary really die?

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Did the Virgin Mary
really die?


The very first question that arises staring at an ancient Byzantine icon of the Dormition representing the Virgin Mary’s body laying on a bed and Her figure raising above it, it’s if this picture, painted by a Mount Athos monk, indented to represent, with such a little convincing patterns, only Her Soul or Her entire Body as well. A religious inexperienced viewer would have his attention attracted by the abstract symbolism, while the pious viewer looking for cheap experiences would be contradicted by the archaic verism of the Virgin laying on a bed on the verge on expiring, like an ordinary woman.