Às Mães
- às Mães que apesar das canseiras, dores e trabalhos, sorriem e riem, felizes, com os filhos amados ao peito, ao colo ou em seu redor; e às que choram, doridas e inconsoláveis, a sua perda física, ou os vêem “perder-se” nos perigos inúmeros da sociedade violenta e desumana em que vivemos;
- às Mães ainda meninas, e às menos jovens, que contra ventos e marés, ultrapassando dificuldades de toda a ordem, têm a valentia de assumir uma gravidez - talvez inoportuna e indesejada – por saberem que a Vida é sempre um Bem Maior e um Dom que não se discute e, muito menos, quando se trata de um filho seu, pequeno ser frágil e indefeso que lhe foi confiado;
- às Mães que souberam sacrificar uma talvez brilhante carreira profissional, para darem prioridade à maternidade e à educação dos seus filhos e às que, quantas vezes precisamente por amor aos filhos, souberam ser firmes e educadoras, dizendo um “não” oportuno e salvador a muitos dos caprichos dos seus filhos adolescentes;
- às Mães precocemente envelhecidas, gastas e doentes, tantas vezes esquecidas de si mesmas e que hoje se sentem mais tristes e magoadas, talvez por não terem um filho que se lembre delas, de as abraçar e beijar...;
- às Mães solitárias, paradas no tempo, não visitadas, não desejadas, e hoje abandonadas num qualquer quarto, num qualquer lar, na cidade ou no campo, e que talvez não tenham hoje, nem uma pessoa amiga que lhes leia ao menos uma carta dum filho...;
- também às Mães que não tendo dado à luz fisicamente, são Mães pelo coração e pelo espírito, pela generosidade e abnegação, para tantos que por mil razões não tiveram outra Mãe...e finalmente, também às Mães queridíssimas que já partiram deste mundo e que por certo repousam já num céu merecido e conquistado a pulso e sacrifício...
A todas as Mães, a todas sem excepção, um Abraço e um Beijo cheios de simpatia e de ternura! E Parabéns, mesmo que ninguém mais vos felicite! E Obrigado, mesmo que ninguém mais vos agradeça!
sexta-feira, 6 de maio de 2011
quinta-feira, 31 de março de 2011
Saint Patrick
St Patrick was a Christian missionary and patron saint of Ireland, along with Saint Brigid of Kildare and Columba.
Born on the west coast of Britain, the small Welsh town Banwen is often referred to as his birthplace, although there are many hypotheses about this. When he was sixteen he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, from where he escaped and returned home to his family six years later. Then he started his religious life and returned to the island where he had fled to preach the Gospel. Converted hundreds of people, many of them became monks. To explain how the Trinity was three and one at the same time used the three-leaf clover and so it has an important role in Irish culture. Was supportive of the sacrament of confession particular, as we know it today, whereas before it was held communally. A century later the practice spread to the rest of Europe.
The popular belief attributes the disappearance of the St. Patrick's snakes on the island where is Ireland and the ratio at some pictures of the saint he appears crushing these animals with his stick. But some evidence suggests that the post-Ice Age Ireland was not inhabited by snakes.
Highly revered in the United States due to the large number of Irish immigrants. In Manhattan, New York, there is a cathedral with its name, headquarters of the archdiocese of the metropolis. On March 17 there are several celebrations in Ireland and the United States, known as St. Patrick's parades, festivals and parades which take place in memory of the saint, which is the main way of affirming the pride of Irish immigrants and their descendants in America.
Born on the west coast of Britain, the small Welsh town Banwen is often referred to as his birthplace, although there are many hypotheses about this. When he was sixteen he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, from where he escaped and returned home to his family six years later. Then he started his religious life and returned to the island where he had fled to preach the Gospel. Converted hundreds of people, many of them became monks. To explain how the Trinity was three and one at the same time used the three-leaf clover and so it has an important role in Irish culture. Was supportive of the sacrament of confession particular, as we know it today, whereas before it was held communally. A century later the practice spread to the rest of Europe.
The popular belief attributes the disappearance of the St. Patrick's snakes on the island where is Ireland and the ratio at some pictures of the saint he appears crushing these animals with his stick. But some evidence suggests that the post-Ice Age Ireland was not inhabited by snakes.
Highly revered in the United States due to the large number of Irish immigrants. In Manhattan, New York, there is a cathedral with its name, headquarters of the archdiocese of the metropolis. On March 17 there are several celebrations in Ireland and the United States, known as St. Patrick's parades, festivals and parades which take place in memory of the saint, which is the main way of affirming the pride of Irish immigrants and their descendants in America.
woman's day
nternational Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. Nowadays this is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nationsruns strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.
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