segunda-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2009

Natal ideal

17 | 12 | 2009   08.39H

João César das Neves | naohaalmocosgratis@fcee.ucp.pt

Estão criadas as condições ideais para o Natal. Basta olhar à volta e vê-se logo. Reparem como todos andam atarefados com a sua vida, festejos, compras, boas-festas. Tudo se centra em consumo, prazer, dinheiro, azáfama. Não é isto mesmo o ideal para o Natal?

Pelo menos na vida pública, ninguém parece interessado no significado desta festa, no presépio e no nascimento de Cristo. Vemos renas, árvores, sinos, trenós, mas poucas manjedouras. As montras, anúncios, jornais, televisões falam do Pai Natal ou do Obama em Copenhaga, não de Jesus.

Ninguém medita no acontecimento espantoso que é Deus nascer como um menino, o Omnipotente vir viver como um de nós para trazer toda a felicidade do Céu à tristeza deste mundo.

Olhamos à volta e tudo parece alheio a essa espantosa Boa Nova, que mudou e muda o mundo. Basta ver isto e compreende-se: estão criadas as condições ideais para o Natal.

Porque foi precisamente assim na primeira vez que houve Natal. Quando Jesus nasceu também ninguém lhe ligou nenhuma. Toda a gente se atarefava na sua vida, sem sequer saber do estábulo. As atenções estavam centradas nas árvores, no gado, no consumo, prazer.

Falava-se de Herodes, gordo e de barbas brancas como o Pai Natal, e no imperador Augusto, com enormes semelhanças a Obama. Apesar de avisadas pelos profetas, as pessoas não conseguiam sequer imaginar que Deus pudesse visitar o seu povo.

No dia de Natal ninguém achava possível haver Natal. Como hoje. Porque o Natal depende da vontade sublime de Deus, não das condições que nós criamos.

quarta-feira, 3 de junho de 2009

Projectos de Esperança - Agir para desenvolver

Amiguinh@s,

pela minha ligação ao projecto do Grupo Missionário Ondjoyetu, aqui envio esta possibilidade de contribuirem para este e outros projectos. Visitem o site. Eu vou contribuir!

Beijos, Vera*



 

Caros amigos,

 

A Fundação Evangelização e Culturas (FEC) lança hoje a Campanha de Angariação de Fundos Agir para Desenvolver – Projectos de Esperança.

 

A possibilidade de construirmos um mundo onde cada pessoa possa viver com dignidade é uma meta que depende da colaboração de todos. Num tempo em que a interdependência mundial é uma realidade assumida, somos chamados a intensificar a dinâmica de solidariedade entre os povos. Neste sentido, a FEC lança o desafio de ser sinal de esperança em pequenas comunidades de Angola, Moçambique, Timor-Leste e Portugal, apoiando na melhoria das suas condições de vida, através da implementação de 10 projectos, coordenados por 10 entidades de Voluntariado Missionário, membros da Plataforma gerida pela FEC.

 

Para tomar parte deste dinamismo solidário, os apoiantes desta causa terão apenas de escolher o(s) projecto(s) a apoiar e o valor do donativo que pretendem disponibilizar. Todas as informações disponíveis em www.agirparadesenvolver.org

 

Contamos consigo nesta dinâmica solidária!

domingo, 29 de março de 2009

E agora... Cairo!

Oi amiguit@s!

Pois é... amanhã viajo para o Cairo!! Não é mais uma partida por um ano :P calma!! Vou visitar o meu irmão que está por lá em trabalho :) Ah pois é!! Julgava ele que andava no país dos faraós e eu não ia de visita??? Nem sonhar!

Então finalmente acho que vou ter umas fotos e histórias dignas de envio!! Vou aproveitar as férias de Páscoa da escolinha...

Então até brevinho, se Deus quiser, e com umas fotos das pirâmides!!
;)

Beijokas a tod@s,

Vera*

domingo, 18 de janeiro de 2009

A violinist in the metro

A Violinist in
the Metro

A man sat in a  metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a
cold  January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.
During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands
of people  went through the station, most of them on their way to
work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was
 a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and
 then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist
received his first dollar tip:  a woman threw the money in the till and,
without stopping, continued to  walk.

A few minutes later, someone
leaned against the wall to  listen to him, but the man looked at his watch
and started to walk again.  Clearly he was late for work.

The one
who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His  mother tagged him
along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the  violinist.
Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk
 turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other
 children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move
on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped
 and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk
 their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence
 took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any
 recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell,
one of  the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate  pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million
dollars.

Two days before playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out
 at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This
is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the  metro station was
organized by the Washington Post as part of an social  experiment about
perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines  were: in a
commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we  perceive beauty?
Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected
context?

One of the possible conclusions from this  experience could
be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and  listen to one of the
best musicians in the world playing the best music  ever written, how many
other things are we missing?

WHAT DID YOU
MISS TODAY??
and here's
the link to the whole shebang...



 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2007/ 04/04/AR2007040401721.html


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A Violinist in
the Metro

A man sat in a  metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin;
it was a
cold  January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.
During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands
of people  went through the station, most of them on their way to
work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was
 a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and
 then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist
received his first dollar tip:  a woman threw the money in the till and,
without stopping, continued to  walk.

A few minutes later, someone
leaned against the wall to  listen to him, but the man looked at his watch
and started to walk again.  Clearly he was late for work.

The one
who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His  mother tagged him
along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the  violinist.
Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk
 turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other
 children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move
on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped
 and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk
 their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence
 took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any
 recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell,
one of  the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate  pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million
dollars.

Two days before playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out
 at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.

This
is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the  metro station was
organized by the Washington Post as part of an social  experiment about
perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines  were: in a
commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we  perceive beauty?
Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected
context?

One of the possible conclusions from this  experience could
be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and  listen to one of the
best musicians in the world playing the best music  ever written, how many
other things are we missing?

WHAT DID YOU
MISS TODAY??
and here's
the link to the whole shebang...



 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/content/article/2007/
04/04/AR2007040401721.html