AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

BATISMO DO SENHOR:

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BATISMO DO SENHOR:
 UM RENASCER

PELA ÀGUA E PELO ESPIRITO Dia 13 Janeiro 2014
" .......EIS O CORDEIRO DE DEUS QUE TIRA O PECADO DO MUNDO"
UMA REFLEXÃO


A festa do batismo de Jesus é um marco importante, pois significa a entrada de Jesus na sua vida pública, depois de trinta anos de vida oculta em Nazaré.  João Batista reconheceu Cristo ao batiza-lo como o Messias e o pôde apresentar ao povo dizendo: " Eis o Cordeiro de Deus, aquele que tira o pecado do mundo. " ( João 1- 2.9 " )


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.