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TI ADORO DIO

AS VIAS DO ESPIRITO

Primeiro Domingo do Advento



Primeiro Domingo do Advento
30 Novembro 2014
Uma reflexão


A liturgia do primeiro domingo do advento nos convida a equacionar a nossa caminhada pela historia à luz da certeza de que  " O Senhor Vem"   Apresenta também aos crentes indicações concretas acerca da forma de como devemos viver nesse tempo de espera.



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.