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Never Retire From Life

In a tribute to all our older Brothers and Sisters I present to you extracts from my editorial from the 24th edition of the magazine Revista LBV (Jan/Feb 1992), which had been published previously in the 1980s by the Folha de S.Paulo...

The Legion of Good Will and the Ideology of the Good Samaritan

Dear Friends and Brothers, on January 1, 1950, on World Day of Peace, the Legion of Good Will (LGW) appeared on Earth under the inspiration and the auspices of the words and examples of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Its main foundation is...

Solidarity: Reason and Heart of the Economy

The 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), organized by the United Nations (UN), brings to the debate an important topic given the many challenges that Humanity is facing: “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of...

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The Good Sowing

Source: A Reflection of Goodwill taken from the book “Tesouros da Alma” [Treasures of the Soul], December 2017.

 

“Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Jesus (Matthew 6:20 and 21)

How good it is to sow Goodness! The results always bloom and strengthen our hearts.

The Tillage of Life

Divine Goodwill is the indispensable seed in order to cultivate Fraternal Love, Justice, Wisdom, and Truth. From it, one can harvest, in the tillage of life, the spirit of Peace.

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Fertilizer for Courage

Fighting battles is the fertilizer for our courage, for us to show our ability and our desire to accomplish in the name of Jesus. As long as He exists, we will keep working. Well, Jesus is eternal! Therefore, we will be eternally collaborating for the establishment of the Solidary, Altruistic, and Ecumenical Society.

José de Paiva Netto is a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, composer, and poet. He is the President of the Legion of Good Will (LGW), effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and of the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter). Affiliated to the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Radio Broadcasters of Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC). He is also a member of the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He is an author of international reference in the concept and defense of the cause of Ecumenical Citizenship and Spirituality which, according to him, constitute “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of the emotions and of the reasoning enlightened by intuition, the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from the elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love.”