AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

QUARTO DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM

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QUARTO DOMINGO DO TEMPO COMUM

UMA REFLEXÃO


A liturgia desse domingo do tempo comum garante-nos que Deus não se conforma com os projetos do egoismo e de morte que desfeiam o mundo e escravizam os homens e afirma que El encontra forma de vir ao mundo de seus filhos para lhes propor um projeto de liberdade e de vida plena.

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.