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Pilate and the Sanhedrim
The last round


Shocked by an unjust sentence extorted to him;
Shaken by a death he esteemed too sudden,
Bothered by Joseph’s of Arimathea request for the body,
Troubled by the Sanhedrim’s request to remove quickly the bodies from the crosses,
Pilate asked himself what else now?



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And to those pressing him he had already abruptly addressed: “What I have written I have written.”

He had showed greater hardness about the crurifragium, the answer left no room for interpretation: the Roman was running out of patience!


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“Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can” (Mt 27, 65)

Those guards were not exactly theirs…they were part of the V Band, working for the Procurator and it was entrusted to follow closely the public order for the Temple and the Judaism.


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The Band was present at Jesus’ arrest, even it was carried on by the servants of the chief priests.
The expression “go your way, make it as sure as ye can” meant “Go anyway and do not bother me anymore!”
And with a pragmatic attitude they go and assure the sepulchre, sealing it with a stone and placing guards in front of it.

Operation guarantee…with iron axes the stone was fixed and several seals were placed on it, the Sanhedrims themselves placed them: everything was done with the greatest carefulness…

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The legionnaires standing and watching coldly, even surprised by so many precautions for a dead…
Maybe they too have had the strange feeling that that Dead would not be… dead for a long time…like some decade before their emperor Augustus had.


AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

As mulheres da Ressurreição

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As mulheres
da Ressurreição


Visto que o evento da Ressureição se baseia no testemunho das piedosas mulheres, é justo fazer relacionamento com elas para saber, com exatidão, quem eram. O interessane é que nenhum dos quatro evangelistas concordem entre eles como, do resto, geralmente acontece nas singulares redações dos fatos da Ressureição, sinal da autonomia delas na composição. Mateus diz simplesmente que se tratava de Maria Madalena e a outra de Maria: expressão usada no descrever as mulheres diante do sepulcro, no momento da sepultura.
 
Codice shinistaT

THE WAYS OF THE SPIRIT

I met Mother Teresa

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I met Mother Teresa
of Calcuta



After I have met Mother Teresa I carote a few wards because they left a remarkable impression deep in my heart. I listened to every ward she said,l observed every gesture and I felt a grate desire to affirm these reflections not only in my heart but also on paper so nothing of these reflections would be lost. Mother Teresa started to address to God while she made the sign of the cross with: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER - prayer - AND OF THE SON - poverty - AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT- zeal for the souls - AMEN. What was prayer for Mother Teresa?

 

WEGE DES GEISTES

Sin Cristo nada somos!

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Sin Cristo nada somos!

“Cristo nos ha garantizado su amistad,
así que él puede de este modo entrar en nuestros corazones
y morar en ellos como una presencia personal,
no como un objeto, no como un qué, sino como un Quien.
Este Él es El que es,
está presente en las profundidades de nuestro ser como un amigo,
y como nuestro otro yo.
No habría salvación,
ni felicidad,
ni alegría,

porque estaríamos irrevocablemente separados de Dios,
la fuente de toda vida y alegría.


Preghiere

La carità

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La carità
 
Un giorno venne un povero alla porta,
tendeva la sua mano per il pane,
la via che percorrevo era contorta:
lo ricacciai deciso, come un cane!

 
Poi un giorno che tirava forte il vento,
lui ritornò sicuro col sorriso,
ed io che in cuor mi dissi:” Non mi pento!”
Il mio mantello strinsi più deciso.

 
Passavan le stagioni ed io ribelle,
vagavo per il mondo senza fede,
e sempre le mie azioni erano quelle,
eppure Dio Signore tutto vede!