Valentine’s Day

To those who love each other—and also those who are in love with life—I dedicate an extract from an ecumenical prayer I improvised on the Super Good Will Radio Network:

Oh Jesus, whose mercy sustains us. Our prayer today is on behalf of those who love each other, who join together, and who marry. Those who through the power of Love face up to difficulties along the path, raise their children—if they have them—and move towards God, the Supreme Love that truly links the hearts of those who love each other.

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Tela: Peter Paul Rubens

Apostle Peter

Love is medicine for the Soul. It is the secret of permanent success. Jesus teaches us that Love, as defined by the Apostle Peter (I-4:8), is the power that “covers a multitude of sins;” in other words, those who act moved by Love transform their mistakes and the mistakes of others into a seed for better times. It constructs the security that the world has not yet managed to provide, because it disdains Love. The secret lies in knowing how to love to the extent that You, the Ecumenical Christ, the Divine Statesman, taught us all, because Love tears down barriers. It is the biggest force in Life. It is what sustains all the works of Good Will. It prevents us from stumbling. It nourishes us and gives us strength, while distancing us the feeling of lacking something.

It is Love that resonates in our Souls and keeps together those who really respect each other. That is why they love each other, because they respect one another. For all these people, without exception, we ask God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit for them to become fulfilled in Love eternally.

José de Paiva Netto (1941-2025), a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, educator, composer, poet, the President Emeritus and Consolidator of the Legion of Good Will, and Spiritual Leader of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He was an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of 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 Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He became an internationally recognized author in the defense of human rights and in his concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his own words, represent “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of emotions and of reasoning enlightened by intuition; the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love. In short, the mathematical constant that harmonizes the equation of spiritual, moral, mental, and human existence. Now, without the understanding that we exist on two planes―not only on the physical plane―it will be difficult to build a Society that is truly Ecumenical, Altruistic, and Solidary, since we would still be ignoring that the knowledge of Superior Spirituality elevates the character of creatures and, consequently, leads to the construction of the Planetary Citizenship.”