Carla Fabiana

Carla Fabiana http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/ <CENTER>  "An isolated individual can endure life and live it well and even heroically without in any sort believing either in the immortality of the soul or in God, but he lives the life of a spiritual parasite." --Miguel de Unamuno (1864 - 1936) <FONT=BOOK ANTIGUA>     "Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. Unless you believe, you will not understand." - St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)  <CENTER>   "We need to be happy in this wonderland without once being merely comfortable." - Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874-1936) † "Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis"<T>  <CENTER>The Cross is steady while the world turns.   <DIV style="VISIBILITY: visible; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 450px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><embed style='VISIBILITY: visible; WIDTH: 435px; HEIGHT: 270px' name='mp3player' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' src='http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/mp3player-othersite.swf?config=http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/config/config_pink.xml&mywidth=435&myheight=270&playlist_url=http://www.musicplaylist.us/loadplaylist.php?playlist=15601066' width='435' height='270' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' border='0'/' wmode='transparent' quality='high' menu='false' allowscriptaccess='never'> <A href="http://www.musicplaylist.us/"><IMG src="http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/images/create_pink.jpg" border=0></A><A href="http://www.musicplaylist.us/standalone/15601066" target=_blank><IMG src="http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/images/launch_pink.jpg" border=0></A><A href="http://www.musicplaylist.us/download/15601066"><IMG src="http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/images/get_pink.jpg" border=0></A> </DIV>   </CENTER></CENTER></CENTER> Sat, 10 May 2008 01:21:18 -0000 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:12:42 -0000 Carla Fabiana http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/logo http://carlafabiana.multiply.com 100 100 Mãe…são três letras apenas <A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCT2agoKCC4AABCAIHQ1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCT2agoKCC4AABCAIHQ1/mae2kb3.gif?et=K4ItRSuweP5dvFtq3o80FA&nmid=" border=0></A> Mãe…são três letras apenas As desse nome bendito: Também o céu tem três letras E nelas cabe o infinito Para louvar a nossa mãe Todo o bem que se disser Nunca há de ser tão grande Como o bem que ela nos quer Palavra tão pequenina, Bem sabem os lábios meus Que és do tamanho do céu E apenas menor que Deus! Mário Quintana http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/143 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:12:42 -0000 Catholics Come Home - Legendado Movimento criado nos Estados Unidos para trazer católicos de volta à Igreja. (www.catholicscomehome.org) Catholics Come Home, Inc. is an independent non-profit Catholic apostolate that creates effective and compassionate media messages and broadcasts them nationally and internationally, in order to inspire, educate and evangelize inactive Catholics and others, and invite them to live a deeper faith in Jesus Christ, in accord with the magisterium of the Roman Catholic http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/video/item/17/Catholics_Come_Home_-_Legendado Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:37:04 -0000 Recebe, Senhor   <IMG src="http://www.milagrediario.blogger.com.br/oracao.jpg"> Recebe, Senhor, os meus medos e transforme-os em confiança. Recebe, Senhor, meus sofrimentos e transforme-os em crescimento. Recebe as minhas crises e transforme-as em maturidade. Recebe as minhas lágrimas e transforme-as em intimidade. Recebe a minha raiva e transforme-a em oração. Recebe o meu desânimo e transforme-o em fé. Recebe a minha solidão e transforme-a em contemplação. Recebe minhas amarguras e transforme-as em calma interior. Recebe minhas esperas e transforme-as em esperança. Recebe minhas perdas e transforme-as em Ressurreição. (Pastoral da Saúde) http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/142/Recebe_Senhor Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:48:27 -0000 Christ has risen!   Jesus ressuscitou! A Páscoa é a maior das festas cristãs, o cumprimento e a realização da nossa fé. É com a Ressurreição de Jesus Cristo que o Reino de Deus é estabelecido sobre a Terra, através da Igreja, que somos nós! Feliz Páscoa! <IMG style="-MS-INTERPOLATION-MODE: nearest-neighbor" height=657 src="http://texasholdemblogger.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/resurrection.jpg" width=517> <H6 align=center>Lord Jesus,</H6> out of love for us, you died and rose again on the third day. Grant us a share in your victory over death and in the glory of your resurrection, as you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.   The Greatest Christian Feast: Easter is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. On this Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. For Catholics, Easter Sunday comes at the end of 40 days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving known as Lent. Through spiritual struggle and self-denial, we have prepared ourselves to die spiritually with Christ on Good Friday, the day of his Crucifixion, so that we can rise again with him in new life on Easter. The Fulfillment ... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/141/Christ_has_risen Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:13:27 -0000 Christianity and Buddhism <A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9WXagoKCC4AAHfSHYI1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9WXagoKCC4AAHfSHYI1/gkc2.jpg?et=9wTZ7kz0WmmA9grtAdKctg&nmid=" border=0></A> Students of popular science are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and I believed it myself until I read a book giving the reasons for it. The reasons were of two kinds: resemblances that meant nothing because they were common to all humanity, and resemblances which were not resemblances at all. The author solemnly explained that the two creeds were alike in things in which all creeds are alike, or else he described them as alike in some point in which they are quite obviously different. Thus, as a case of the first class, he said that both Christ and Buddha were called by the divine voice coming out of the sky, as if you would expect the divine voice to come out of the coal-cellar. (!!) Or, again, it was gravely urged that these two Eastern teachers, by a singular coincidence, both had to do with the washing of feet. You might as well say that it was a remarkable coincidence that they both had fe... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/140/Christianity_and_Buddhism Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:54:27 -0000 For ordering a life wisely <A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R9SOQAoKCC4AAAVUPyo1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9SOQAoKCC4AAAVUPyo1/THOMAS.jpg?et=tvqDZFsC6PirABoIKui93g&nmid=" border=0></A>   (Concede mihi, misericors Deus) GRANT me, O merciful God, to desire eagerly, to investigate prudently, to acknowledge sincerely, and to fulfill perfectly those things that are pleasing to Thee, for the praise and glory of Thy holy Name. O my God, order my life, and grant that I may know what Thou wilt have me to do; and grant that I may fulfill it as is fitting and profitable to my soul. Grant me, O Lord my God, the grace that I may not falter either in prosperity or adversity. May I not be unduly lifted up by the one, nor unduly cast down by the other. Let me neither rejoice nor grieve at anything, save what either leads to Thee or leads away from Thee. Let me not desire to please anyone nor fear to displease anyone save only Thee. Let all things transitory seem vile in my eyes, and all things eternal be dear to me. Let me tire of that joy which is without Thee and to desire nothing that is outside Thee. Let me find joy in the labor that is for Thee; and let all repose that ... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/139/For_ordering_a_life_wisely_ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:26:41 -0000 International Women's Day Every year, 8 March is celebrated around the world as International Women's Day.   For equal opportunities for women and respect for their human rights! <IMG src="http://beatrice.typepad.com/bea_unplugged_chronicles_/images/109364323_0e7839d097_1.jpg">   Let's make this a special day when women have the opportunity to strengthen their spiritual bonds as they pray for and with each other.    We are those valiant women, giving leadership in our homes, contributing to our community, working for change at all levels of society, crying for justice and mercy, living the Gospel, understanding theology, practicing our faith, remaining true to the Word Let us pray: For all world leaders, that they may be moved to work for peace and justice by ratifying the United Nations Convention, to eliminate all forms of Discrimination against Women, and carry out its terms we pray. For those most vulnerable to oppression or neglect, especially women and children, we pray. For women who bring forth their children in uncertainty - for refugees and for victims of war, we pray. For women vi... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/137/International_Womens_Day Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:50:50 -0000 Fragility is force.   A bird is active, because a bird is soft. A stone is helpless, because a stone is hard. The stone must by its own nature go downwards, because hardness is weakness. The bird can of its nature go upwards, because fragility is force. In perfect force there is a kind of frivolity, an airiness that can maintain itself in the air. Modern investigators of miraculous history have solemnly admitted that a characteristic of the great saints is their power of "levitation." They might go further; a characteristic of the great saints is their power of levity. Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. (Orthodoxy - G. K. Chesterton -  1874-1936)  <IMG src="http://pensamentosestranhos.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/ensina-me%20a%20voar.jpg">   http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/136/Fragility_is_force. Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:03:36 -0000 Valentine's Day <H3 align=justify><A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R7OlHQoKCC4AAHKcJI01"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R7OlHQoKCC4AAHKcJI01/BigPinkHeart.jpg?et=rx7Y5KmjZX0qUB7d%2C0xiZw&nmid=" border=0></A>Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In North America, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending <A title="Greeting card" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeting_card">Valentine's cards</A>, <A class=mw-redirect title="Valentine's Day Flowers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day_Flowers">presenting flowers</A>, or offering <A title=Confectionery href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confectionery">confectionery</A>. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian <A title=Martyr href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyr">martyrs</A> named <A title="Saint Valentine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine">Valentine</A>. The day became associated with <A class=mw-redirect title="Romantic love" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_love">romantic love</A> in the circle of <A title="Geoffrey Chaucer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer">Geoffrey Chaucer</A> in <A title="High Middle Ages" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Middle_Ages">High Middle Ages</A>, when the tradition of <A title="Courtly love" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtly_love">courtly love</A> flourished.</H3> <H3 align=justify> </H3> <H2 align=justify>History</H2> <H2 align=justify> </H2> <H2 align=justify>Numerous early Christian martyrs were named <A title="Saint Valentine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine">Valentine</A>. Until 1969, the Catholic Church formally recognized eleven Valentine's Days. The Valentines honored on February 14 are:</H2> <UL> <LI> <A class="external text" title=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm href="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv06.htm" rel=nofollow>Valentine of Rome</A> (Valentinus presb. m. Romae): a priest in <A title=Rome href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome">Rome</A> who suffered martyrdom about AD 269 and was buried on the <A title="Via Flaminia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Flaminia">Via Flaminia</A>. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome and at <A title="Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefriar_Street_Carmelite_Church">Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church</A> in Dublin, Ireland. </LI></UL> <UL> <LI> <A class="external text" title=http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv90.htm href="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintv90.htm" rel=nofollow>Valentine of Terni</A> (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae): He became bishop... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/135/Valentines_Day Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:29:23 -0000 Decoupage Eu e Catarina estamos aprendendo e fazendo! Mais adições em breve. :) Arte de revestir com gravuras. A palavra de origem francesa "découper" significa recortar gravuras de papel e com estas revestir superfícies de objetos - como madeira, metal, vidro e tecido - cobertas com várias camadas de verniz, até que se perca a aparência de "colagem" e o resultado se pareça com uma pintura. ------- Catarina and I are learning and doing it! More additions soon! :) Decoupage, derived from the French word "decouper", meaning to cut out, is the creative art of assembling, pasting and varnishing paper cutouts for decorating objects. Each layer is sealed with varnishes (often multiple coats) until the "stuck on" appearance disappears and the result looks like painting or inlay work. http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/album/80/Decoupage Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:15:57 -0000 Why doesn’t your church observe Lent? <H1> <H1>The Season of Lent</H1> <IMG src="http://www.cathedralstewardship.com/Images/envelopes/Lent-copy.jpg"> <HR> Theme: Retreating Into the Wilderness with Jesus Dates: Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. Lent begins on 6 February 2008 and ends on 22 March 2008, which is the day before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent officially ends at sundown on 20 March (Holy Thursday), with the beginning of the mass of the Lord’s Supper. Colors: In most churches, the decorations are purple, the royal color, to prepare for the King. Scripture Readings: The Revised Common Lectionary appoints Scripture readings for use in worship during the Season of Lent. The East: In Orthodox churches, this season is called the Great Lent. It begins on Clean Monday.   <HR> Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church a... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/134 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:18:37 -0000 De Modo Studendi English version down the page.   Sobre o modo de estudar - o De Modo Studendi de Santo Tomás de Aquino O De modo studendi é uma carta de autoria de Tomás de Aquino . O destinatário da carta De modo studendi, um tal "irmão João", é um dominicano jovem<A title="" href="http://www.hottopos.com/mp3/de_modo_studendi.htm#_ftn3" name=_ftnref3> </A>, iniciando seus estudos, e afoito por mergulhar no "oceano da sabedoria", resolveu escrever ao mestre consumado, perguntando sobre atalhos.   Já que me pediste, frei João — irmão, para mim, caríssimo em Cristo —, que te indicasse o modo como se deve proceder para ir adquirindo o tesouro do conhecimento, devo dar-te a seguinte indicação: deves optar pelos riachos e não por entrar imediatamente no mar, pois o difícil deve ser atingido a partir do fácil. E, assim, eis o que te aconselho sobre como deve ser tua vida: 1. Exorto-te a ser tardo para falar e lento para ir ao locutório. 2. Abraça a pureza de consciência. 3. Não deixes de aplicar-te à oração. 4. Ama freqüentar tua cela, se queres ser conduzido à adega do vinho da sabed... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/133/De_Modo_Studendi Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:51:34 -0000 Quaresma 2008 <IMG height=75 src="http://www.acidigital.com/fiestas/quaresma/images/header2.jpg" width=650 useMap=#Map border=0>A Quaresma, caminho para uma verdadeira liberdade Papa Bento XVI Audiência geral de 21/02/07 (trad. DC 2376, p. 266 © Libreria Editrice Vaticana) "A conversão nunca é de uma vez para sempre, mas é um processo, um caminho interior de toda a nossa vida. Este itinerário de conversão evangélica certamente não pode limitar-se a um período particular do ano: é um caminho de cada dia, que deve abraçar toda a existência, todos os dias da nossa vida... O que é converter-se, na realidade? Converter-se significa procurar Deus, estar com Deus, seguir docilmente os ensinamentos do seu Filho, de Jesus Cristo; converter-se não é um esforço para se auto-realizar a si mesmo, porque o ser humano não é o arquitecto do próprio destino eterno. Não fomos nós que nos fizemos. Por isso a auto-realização é uma contradição e é também demasiado pouco para nós. Temos um destino mais nobre. Poderíamos dizer que a conversão consiste precisamente em não se considerar "criadores" de si mesmos e assim descobrir a verd... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/132/Quaresma_2008 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:38:37 -0000 A banalização da vida <IMG src="http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/2750/brasilmeninozh4.jpg"> Gilberto de Mello Kujawski Em paralelo ao famoso conceito de "banalização do mal", cunhado por Hannah Arendt e denunciado como traço marcante da nossa época, em face do espetáculo de desagregação moral avassalando os Poderes em nossa terra, sem que a opinião pública responda à altura, poderíamos falar na "banalização da corrupção". A banalização produz a anestesia para o mal e a corrupção, continuando todos nossa vidinha como se aquelas aberrações não nos atingissem em cheio. O uso e o abuso da propina em troca de favorecimentos ilícitos ficou tão corrente que se propagou a todas as classes. São poucos os que protestam e ficam indignados com a onda de despudor que domina o País e assalta seus mais altos escalões. "Ora, se todos fazem, por que não eu?" Como indaga Salomão Schvartzman em seu programa diário na Cultura FM, será que o brasileiro perdeu a capacidade de se indignar? Salomão está certíssimo. Estamos perdendo a faculdade da indignação, a cada dia mais acarneirados com as balas p... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/131 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:02:20 -0000 São Tomás de Aquino - 28 de Janeiro Oração de São Tomás Aquino "Dê-me, Senhor, agudeza para entender, capacidade para reter, método e faculdade para aprender, sutileza para interpretar, graça e abundância para falar. Dê-me, Senhor, acerto ao começar, direção ao progredir e perfeição ao concluir."     São Tomás de Aquino (1225?-1274) é autor da Suma Teológica.   <IMG src="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pond/6507/2STTHO.gif"> Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225?-1274) is the author of The Summa Theologiae.   Saint Thomas Aquinas Prayer Thou Who makest eloquent the tongues of little children, fashion my words and pour upon my lips the grace of Thy benediction. Grant me penetration to understand, capacity to retain, method and facility in study, subtlety in interpretation and abundant grace of expression. Order the beginning, direct the progress and perfect the achievement of my work, Thou Who art true God and true Man and livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.     http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/130 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:00:20 -0000 I can only Imagine - Catholic Version You don't have to imagine! Christ, our Savior is waiting for you in the blessed Sacrament! http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/video/item/15/I_can_only_Imagine_-_Catholic_Version Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:19:27 -0000 Why am I Catholic? Done for a Confirmation Retreat this video gives six reasons for being Catholic: 1) the Eucharist, 2) the Church, 3) the Sacraments, 4) Mary, 5) Marriage (actual and spiritual), and 6) Communion of http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/video/item/14/Why_am_I_Catholic Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:40:27 -0000 Praias Não são Copacabana, Ipanema ou Leblon... ;-) As praias do Rio que a gente curte no verão são: Recreio, Macumba, Prainha e Grumari! Not Copacabana, Ipanema or Leblon... The beaches in Rio we enjoy in Summer are: Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Macumba, Prainha and Grumari! http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/album/77/Praias Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:47:38 -0000 FELIZ 2008! :)   Alegrai-vos! Um novo ano chegou! Trazendo-nos novas oportunidades, novos sonhos, e dias cheios de bênçãos... Que a esperança, o amor e a amizade estejam sempre em nossos corações. FELIZ ANO NOVO!!! <IMG src="http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4332306/2/istockphoto_4332306_new_year_2008.jpg">   Rejoice you all!  For a whole new year is coming again. And it brings new opportunities, new dreams, blessing-filled new days... May hope, love, and warmth be in your hearts, always... Happy New Year!!! <IMG height=130 src="http://www.llerrah.com/images/calender_holly_swaying_md_clr.gif" width=130 border=0>   http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/129/FELIZ_2008_ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:37:00 -0000 Emmanuel!   Come And Stand Amazed, You People!   Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel (God with us). - Isaiah, 7:14   <A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R2LqQAoKCtIAAG0WDhk1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R2LqQAoKCtIAAG0WDhk1/Jesus_in_the_manger.jpg?et=cmrDRM6yQ1yR4afwTKyd4w&nmid=" border=0></A>In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. (1John 4:9) <IMG src="http://www.rutherford.org/KeyCases/Images/Christmas.gif"> Nisto se manifestou o amor de Deus para conosco: em nos ter enviado ao mundo o seu Filho único, para que vivamos por Ele.(1 João 4:9)   [click to enlarge image] Por isso, o próprio Senhor vos dará um sinal: uma virgem conceberá e dará à luz um filho, e o chamará Emanuel (Deus Conosco).- Isaías, 7:14     http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/128/Emmanuel Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:47:57 -0000 The Thousandth Man   <A href="http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R2GV1QoKCtIAAHrcZIE1"><IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.carlafabiana.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R2GV1QoKCtIAAHrcZIE1/one.JPG?et=0W%2BnxjeDegcPKTpTDIi8bQ&nmid=" border=0></A> "One in a Million" - by  Noella LeDrew "It's not the poem itself that I like, so much as the principle. Fools are infinite, and unselfish people are a rare find. However in a sense, rarity is also the aspect that makes them shine out like diamonds among pebbles of stone. " <A href="http://www.noellaledrew.com/million.html"></A>   The Thousandth Man<A href="http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/index.html"> <H3 align=center>Rudyard Kipling</H3></A> <HR width="40%"> ONE man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it’s worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend On what the world sees in you, But the Thousandth Man will stand your friend With the whole round world agin you. ’Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show Will settle the finding for ’ee. Nine hundred and ninety-nine of ’em go By your looks, or your acts, or your glory. But if he finds you and you find him, The rest of the world don’t matter; For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim With you in any water. You can use his purse with no more talk Than he uses yours for his spendin... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/127/The_Thousandth_Man Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:10:12 -0000 FOTOS DE CURITIBA Pictures taken in the town I chose to live. (except for the beach http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/links/item/8/FOTOS_DE_CURITIBA Sun, 9 Dec 2007 18:40:01 -0000 Anger And Sin <H1 align=justify></H1> <IMG style="WIDTH: 503px; HEIGHT: 338px" height=562 src="http://www.iluminalma.com.br/img/ia_efesios4_26-27.jpg" width=749>  Ephesians 4:26-27     "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. "       If we learn to deal with Anger rightly, it will be an opportunity for God. Let it be so, for his glory and our good.     THE INEVITABILITY OF ANGER   In vs. 26, a curious fact is that both verbs are imperatives. "Be angry" is grammatically parallel with "sin not." So what Paul is saying is not, "If you do happen to experience this, here is how to handle it." A better paraphrase would be, "When you get angry--as I assume you will--make sure you do not sin." So obviously Anger is not a sin in itself. An even better paraphrase then would be, "Learn to be angry without sinning--even as Jesus did."   We have to remember that emotions are natural occurrences that are not wrong in themselves. And this applies to all of them. A good analogy would be with the principle that "every good and perfect gift comes fr... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/126/Anger_And_Sin_ Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:41:49 -0000 ADVENTO ADVENT: Preparing our hearts for Christmas. <IMG class=img_texto height=118 alt="Imagem de Destaque" src="http://www.cancaonova.com/portal/canais/formacao/images/informativos/7741txt.jpg" width=180> <H2>Advento</H2> <H5>Meditando a chegada de Cristo, devemos buscar o arrependimento e preparar o nosso coração.</H5> O Ano Litúrgico começa com o Tempo do Advento; um tempo de preparação para a Festa do Natal de Jesus. Este foi o maior acontecimento da História: o Verbo se fez carne e habitou entre nós. Dignou-se a assumir a nossa humanidade, sem deixar de ser Deus. Esse acontecimento precisa ser preparado e celebrado a cada ano. Nessas quatro semanas de preparação, somos convidados a esperar Jesus que vem no Natal e que vem no final dos tempos. Nas duas primeiras semanas do Advento, a liturgia nos convida a vigiar e esperar a vinda gloriosa do Salvador. Um dia, o Senhor voltará para colocar um fim na História humana, mas o nosso encontro com Ele também está marcado para logo após a morte. Nas duas últimas semanas, lembrando a espera dos profetas e de Maria, nós nos preparamos mais especialmente para celebrar o nascimento de Jesus em Belém. Os Profetas a... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/125/ADVENTO Sun, 2 Dec 2007 13:13:38 -0000 Casamento Feliz / Happy Marriage (Now seriously!) Agora é sério... <IMG src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/smile.png">  (O maridão me passou este texto em português semana passada. I got this in Portuguese from my husband last week. English version down the page. )   07 fundamentos para se ter um casamento feliz e bem sucedido   1- Co-igualdade: A mulher foi feita de uma costela tirada ao lado de Adão; não de sua cabeça para governar sobre ele, nem de seu pé para ser pisada por ele; mas de seu lado, para ser igual a ele, debaixo de seu braço para ser protegida, e perto de seu coração para ser amada.   2- Fidelidade - O Mundo não acredita mais na fidelidade. Todavia, um casamento alicerçado neste princípio tem muito mais possibilidades de subsistir diante das pressões do dia a dia. A fidelidade é uma atitude sine Qua non para que se tenha um casamento feliz e bem sucedido.   3- Verdade - A verdade deve sempre prevalecer independente do conflito em questão. Aonde existe verdade existe confiança, e aonde existe confiança não existe possi... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/124/Casamento_Feliz_Happy_Marriage_Now_seriously Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:43:57 -0000 The rosary, not a meaningless devotion...   Just take Mary by the hand (thus the Hail Mary's) and meditate on the life of Jesus. :) <IMG src="http://www.hcfm.org/stuff/eng/bible_rosary.jpg"> The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, "rose garden") is divided into five decades. Each decade represents a mystery or event in the life of Jesus. There are four sets of "Mysteries of the Rosary" (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious ). These four "Mysteries of the Rosary" therefore contain, a total of twenty mysteries. The Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries are then said on specific days of the week (see each set of mysteries below) . During private recitation of the Rosary, each decade requires devout meditation on a specific mystery. Public recitation of the Rosary (two or more people) , requires a leader to announce each of the mysteries before the decade, and start each prayer. The Apostle's Creed is said on the Crucifix; the Our Father is said on each of the Large Beads; the Hail Mary is said on each of the Small Beads; the Glory Be after the three Hail ... http://carlafabiana.multiply.com/journal/item/123/The_rosary_not_a_meaningless_devotion..._ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:40:57 -0000