Spirituality

The Sun Shines Equally on Everyone

The Heavenly Father is always willing to offer us repeated opportunities, showing us an infinity of unequalled beauties. All one has to realize is that He has sent Jesus to bring us His formula of spiritual elevation (the Gospel according to John 3:16 and 17),...

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Spinoza, Lao Tzu, and the Divine Nature of Matter

In my article “Science and Faith on the Path to Equilibrium,” I mentioned Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), the author of a wide-ranging metaphysical system that influenced and still influences great thinkers. “I do not know why it [matter] should be considered...
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The Peace of God Within Us

On October 26, 2013, when we celebrated one more anniversary of the Temple of Good Will (TGW)—which I inaugurated in Brasília, capital city of Brazil, on October 21, 1989—people overcrowded the monument, in a great pilgrimage, as was published in the Jornal de Brasília newspaper. The theme...
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The Serious Consequences of the Various Types of Suicide

No one is free from falling victim to lower spiritual influences, which, even when they do not reveal themselves in a gesture as extreme as killing oneself, result in consequences that seem like a veritable suicide in life.   How many companies, for example, end up “dead,” in other words, go...
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Loving Is a Prayer

Prayer is not the refuge of cowards or of the idle. It uplifts us, while work fulfills us. The Pope prays, the Dalai Lama meditates, Chico Xavier (1910-2002) prayed, rabbis chant their supplications, protestants sing their praises to God, Muslims recite the Holy...
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Peace, Prayer, and Vigilance

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), the distinguished social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States, delivered a speech on April 10, 1957, in Saint Louis, Missouri, in which he accurately declared: “True peace is not merely the absence of...
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We Must Be Alert to the Signs of the Return of Jesus

In moments as serious as the ones we are currently living in the world, the work of the preacher becomes essential in his/her eloquent invitation to each listener, viewer, and Internet user to be alert to the signs of the Triumphal Return of Christ. We cannot be distracted from our responsibility...
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No One Is Lost

In my book Jesus, o Profeta Divino [Jesus, the Divine Prophet] (2011), I ask an intriguing question: Do you want to triumph over your own self and succeed? Let Jesus coexist in your Spirit and let Holy Mary comfort your heart maternally at rough times...
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A Word of Encouragement

Even though the world has been facing fierce struggles, let us trust in the future. Let us pave the way for the next generations and put our Hope in humanity, which insists on surviving some crazy and greedy people who have influenced the destiny of populations throughout time. Let us make the...
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Overcoming Crises

There is only one solution to difficulties: to overcome them exceptionally. What makes us winners or defeated is our state of spirit. How many jails and how much torture the followers of Jesus were subjected to, particularly in the early days of Christianity...
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Reacting to Discouragement Generates Vitality

I usually say to my dear readers that reacting to discouragement generates vitality! Otherwise, what is there for us? To lie down and wait to die?! Never! The Soul needs constant incentive to the practice of Good Deeds. Why say to the youth that they should not nurture Hope? If...
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