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And forget not...

that every seventh day is holy and consecrated to God. 

On six days feed your body with the gifts of the Earthly Mother... 

but on the seventh day, sanctify your body for your Heavenly Father. 

On the seventh day, eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of God. 

And be all the day with the Angels of the Lord in the Kingdom of the Heavenly Father. 

And on the seventh day, let the Angels of God build the Kingdom of the Heavens in your body, as you labor for six days in the Kingdom of the Earthly Mother. 

And let not food trouble the Work of the Angels in your body, throughout the seventh day. 

And God will give you long life upon earth... 

that you may have life everlasting in the Kingdom of the Heavens. 

For I tell you truly... 

if you see not diseases any more upon earth, you will live for ever in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

And God will send you each morning the Angel of Sunshine to wake you from your sleep. 

Therefore, obey your Heavenly Father's summons, and lie not idle in your beds, for the Angels of Air and Water await you already without. 

And labor all day long with the Angels of the Earthly Mother, that you may come to know them and their works ever more and more well. 

But when the sun is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his most precious Angel, Sleep, then take your rest, and be all the night with the Angel of Sleep. 

And then will your Heavenly Father send you His unknown Angels, that they may be with you the livelong night. And the Heavenly Father's unknown angels will teach you many things concerning the Kingdom of God, even as [net zoals] the angels that you know of the Earthly Mother instruct you in the things of Her Kingdom. 

For I tell you truly... 

you will be every night the guests of the Kingdom of your Heavenly Father... 

if you do His Commandments. 

And when you wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in you the power of the unknown Angels. And your Heavenly Father will send them to you every night, that they may build your spirit, even as every day the Earthly Mother sends you Her Angels, that they may build your body. 

For I tell you truly, if in the daytime your Earthly Mother folds you in Her Arms, and in the night the Heavenly Father breathes His Kiss upon you, then will the Sons of Men become the Sons of God.

Resist day and night the temptations of Satan. 

Wake not by night, neither sleep by day, lest the angels of God depart from you.

And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night and making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes of Satan are abominations in the eyes of your God.

Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the whoremonger is like a tree whose sap runs out from its trunk. And that tree will be dried up before its time, nor will it ever bear fruit. Therefore, go not a-whoring, lest Satan dry up your body, and the Lord make your seed unfruitful.

Shun all that is too hot and too cold. 

For it is the will of your Earthly Mother that neither heat nor cold should harm your body. 

And let not your bodies become either hotter or colder than as God's angels warm or cool them. And if you do the commandments of the Earthly Mother, then as oft as your body becomes too hot, will She send the Angel of Coolness to cool you, and as oft as your body becomes too cold, will She send you the Angel of Heat to warm you again.

Follow the example of all the Angels of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother, who work day and night, without ceasing, upon the Kingdoms of the Heavens and of the Earth. 

Therefore, receive also into yourselves the strongest of God's Angels, the Angel of Deeds, and work all together upon the Kingdom of God. 

Follow the example of the running water, the wind as it blows, the rising and setting of the sun, the growing plants and trees, the beasts as they run and gambol [dartelen], the wane and waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and go again. All these do move, and do perform their labors. 

For all which has life does move. 

And only that which is dead, is still. 

And God is the God of the living. 

And Satan that of the dead. 

Serve, therefore, the Living God, that the eternal movement of life may sustain you, and that you may escape the eternal stillness of death. Work, therefore, without ceasing, to build the kingdom of God, lest you be cast into the kingdom of Satan. 

For eternal joy abounds in the Living Kingdom of God. 

But still sorrow darkens the kingdom of death of Satan. 

Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as slaves of Satan. And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you their Angels to teach, to love, and to serve you. 

And their Angels will write the Commandments of God... 

in your head, in your heart, and in your hands... 

that you may know, feel, and do God's commandments.

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For I tell you truly... 

the God of the living is richer than all the rich of the earth. 

And His abundant table is richer than the richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth. 

Eat, therefore, all your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want. And when you eat at Her Table, eat all things even as [net zoals] they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother. Cook not, neither mix all things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs [dampende moerassen]. For I tell you truly, this is abominable in the eyes of the Lord.

And be not like the greedy servant... 

who always ate up, at the table of his lord, the portions of others. And he devoured everything himself, and mixed all together in his gluttony. And seeing that, his lord was wroth [verbolgen] with him, and drove him from the table. 

And when all had ended their meal, he mixed together all that remained upon the table, and called the greedy servant to him, and said: 'Take and eat all this with the swine, for your place is with them, and not at my table.'

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Take heed [Pas op], therefore... 

and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your bodies. 

Be content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the table of our Earthly Mother. And desire not to devour all things which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you mix together all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage in you. And it will be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms divided against themselves work their own destruction. 

For your God is the God of peace, and does never help division. Arouse not, therefore, against you the wrath of God, lest he drive you from His Table, and lest you be compelled to go to the table of Satan, where the fire of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body.

And when you eat, never eat unto fulness. 

Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the voice of God's angels. 

For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more. 

But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body. 

And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of the angels of God. 

So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.

Let the weight of your daily food be not less than a mina, but mark that it go not beyond two. 

Then will the angels of God serve you always... 

and you will never fall into the bondage of Satan... 

and of his diseases. 

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Trouble not the work of the angels in your body by eating often. 

For I tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the day does in him the work of Satan. 

And the angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan will take possession of it. 

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Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set. 

And you will never see disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord. 

And if you will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and that Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day at the table of God. And then your days will be long upon the earth, for this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. 

Eat always when the table of God is served before you, and eat always of that which you find upon the table of God. For I tell you truly, God knows well what your body needs, and when it needs.

From the coming of the month of Ijar [half april, half mei], eat barley [gerst]. 

From the month of Sivan [mei-juni], eat wheat, the most perfect among all seed-bearing herbs. And let your daily bread be made of wheat, that the Lord may take care of your bodies. 

From Tammuz [juni-juli], eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish and Satan may depart from it. 

In the month of Elul [aug.-sept.], gather the grape that the juice may serve you as drink. 

In the month of Marchesvan [okt.-nov.], gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by the Angel of Sun, that your bodies may increase, for the Angels of the Lord dwell in them. 

You should eat figs rich in juice in the months of Ab [juli-aug.] and Shebat [jan.-feb.], and what remain, let the Angel of Sun keep them for you. Eat them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits. 

And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet [dec.-jan.], that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins. And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with their milk feed man. 

For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations of Satan. Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries, but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows well what is needful for you, and where and when. And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that which is best for each. 

Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in haste... 

defiling their bodies with all manner of abominations.

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And all those round about Him listened to His words with amazement. 

For His word was with power, and He taught quite otherwise than the priests and scribes.

And though the sun was now set, they departed not to their homes. They sat round about Jesus and asked Him: "Master, which are these Laws of Life? Rest with us awhile longer and teach us. We would listen to your teaching, that we may be healed and become righteous."

And Jesus Himself sat down in their midst and said: 

"I tell you truly, none can be happy, except he do the Law."

And the others answered: 

"We all do the Laws of Moses, our Lawgiver, even as they are written in the Holy Scriptures."

And Jesus answered: 

"Seek not the Law in your scriptures. 

For the Law is Life, whereas the scripture is dead. 

I tell you truly, Moses received not his Laws from God in writing, but through the Living Word. 

The Law is Living Word of Living God to living prophets for living men. 

In everything that is Life, is the Law written. 

You find it in the grass, in the tree, in the river, in the mountain. 

In the birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea. 

But seek it chiefly in yourselves. 

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For I tell you truly... 

all living things are nearer to God than the scripture which is without life. 

God so made Life and all living things, that they might by the Everlasting Word teach the Laws of the true God to man. God wrote not the Laws in the pages of books, but in your heart and in your spirit. They are in your breath, your blood, your bone, in your flesh, your bowels, your eyes, your ears, and in every little part of your body. They are present in the air, in the water, in the earth, in the plants, in the sunbeams, in the depths and in the heights. They all speak to you. that you may understand the Tongue and the Will of the living God. 

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But you shut your eyes, that you may not see. 

And you shut your ears, that you may not hear. 

I tell you truly, that the scripture is the work of man... 

but Life and all its hosts are the work of our God. 

Wherefore do you not listen to the words of God which are written in His Works? 

And wherefore do you study the dead scriptures which are the work of the hands of men?"

"How may we read the Laws of God elsewhere than in the scriptures? 

Where are they written?

 Read them to us from there where you see them, for we know nothing else but the Scriptures which we have inherited from our forefathers. Tell us the Laws of which you speak, that hearing them we may be healed and justified."

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Jesus said: 

"You do not understand the Words of Life, because you are in death. 

Darkness darkens your eyes, and your ears are stopped with deafness. 

For I tell you, it profits you not at all that you pore [verdiept] over dead scriptures if by your deeds you deny Him Who has given you the Scriptures.

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I tell you truly... 

God and His Laws are not in thát which you do. 

They are not in gluttony and in wine-bibbing. 

Neither in riotous living, nor in lustfulness. 

Nor in seeking after riches, nor yet in hatred of your enemies. 

For all these things are far from the true God and from His Angels. 

But all these things come from the kingdom of darkness and the lord of all evils. 

And all these things do you carry in yourselves, and so the Word and the Power of God enter not into you, because all manner of evil and all manner of abominations have their dwelling in your body and your spirit. 

If you will that the living God's Word and His Power may enter you, defile [verontreinig] not your body and your spirit. For the body is the temple of the spirit, and the spirit is the temple of God. 

Purify, therefore, the temple, that the Lord of the temple may dwell therein and occupy a place that is worthy of Him.

And from all temptations of your body and your spirit, coming from Satan, withdraw beneath the shadow of God's heaven.

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Renew yourselves and fast. 

For I tell you truly, that Satan and his plagues may only be cast out by fasting and by prayer. 

Go by yourself and fast alone, and show your fasting to no man. 

The living God shall see it, and great shall be your reward. 

And fast till Beelzebub and all his evils depart from you... 

and all the angels of our Earthly Mother come and serve you. 

-

For I tell you truly... 

except you fast, you shall never be freed from the power of Satan... 

and from all diseases that come from Satan. 

Fast and pray fervently, seeking the Power of the Living God for your healing. 

While you fast, eschew [mijd] the Sons of Men and seek our Earthly Mother's angels... 

for he that seeks shall find.

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be'el-zebub

For I tell you truly... 

evils and dangers innumerable lie in wait for the Sons of Men. 

Beelzebub, 'Lord of the Flies'

Beelzebub... 

the prince of all devils, the source of every evil... 

lies in wait in the body of all the Sons of Men. 

He is Death, the Lord of every Plague... 

and taking upon him a pleasing raiment [gewaad], he tempts and entices [weglokken] the Sons of Men. 

Riches does he promise, and power, and splendid palaces, and garments of gold and silver, and a multitude of servants, all these. He promises renown [bekendheid,roem] and glory, fornication [ontucht,overspel] and lustfulness, gluttony and wine-bibbing, riotous [losbandig] living, and slothfulness [luiheid] and idle days. And he entices every one, by that to which their heart is most inclined. 

And in the day that the Sons of Men have already become the slaves of all these vanities and abominations [gruwelen,schanddaden], then in payment thereof, he snatches from the Sons of Men all those things which the Earthly Mother gave them so abundantly. 

He takes from them their breath, their blood, their bone, their flesh, their bowels, their eyes and their ears. And the breath of the Son of Man becomes short and stifled, full of pain and evil-smelling, like the breath of unclean beasts. And his blood becomes thick and evil-smelling, like the water of the swamps. It clots [stolt] and blackens, like the night of death. And his bone becomes hard and knotted. It melts away within and breaks asunder, as a stone falling down upon a rock. And his flesh waxes fat and watery, it rots and putrefies, with scabs and boils [korsten en zweren] that are an abomination.

And his bowels become full with abominable filthiness, with oozing [druipende] streams of decay. And multitudes of abominable worms have their habitation there. And his eyes grow dim, till dark night enshrouds them, and his ears become stopped, like the silence of the grave. 

And last of all shall the erring Son of Man lose life. For he kept not the Laws of his Mother, and added sin to sin. Therefore, are taken from him all the gifts of the Earthly Mother - breath, blood, bone, flesh, bowels, eyes and ears - and after all else, life, with which the Earthly Mother crowned his body.

But if the erring Son of Man be sorry for his sins... 

and undo them, and return again to his Earthly Mother... 

and if he do his Earthly Mother's Laws... 

and free himself from Satan's clutches, resisting his temptations... 

then does the Earthly Mother receive again Her erring Son with Love... 

and sends him Her Angels that they may serve him. 

I tell you truly, when the Son of Man resists the Satan that dwells in him and does not his will, in the same hour are found the Mother's angels there, that they may serve him with all their power and free utterly the Son of Man from the power of Satan.

James Tissot - Prodigal Son in Modern Life

For no man can serve two masters. 

For either he serves Beelzebub and his devils ...

or else he serves our Earthly Mother and Her Angels. 

Either he serves death or he serves life. 

I tell you truly... 

happy are those that do the Laws of Life, and wander not upon the paths of death. 

For in them, the forces of life wax strong and they escape the plagues of death."

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onze moeder

And then... 

many sick and maimed [verminkten] came to Jesus, asking him: 

"If you know all things, tell us, why do we suffer with these grievous [zware,pijnlijke] plagues? Why are we not whole like other men? Master, heal us, that we too may be made strong, and need abide [vertoeven] no longer in our misery. We know that you have it in your power to heal all manner of disease. Free us from Satan and from all his great afflictions. Master, have compassion on us."

And Jesus answered: 

"Happy are you that you hunger for the truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of wisdom. Happy are you, that you knock, for I will open to you the door of life. Happy are you, that you would cast off the power of Satan, for I will lead you into the kingdom of our Mother's angels, where the power of Satan cannot enter."

And they asked him in amazement: 

"Who is our Mother and which Her angels? And where is Her kingdom?"

"Your Mother is in you, and you in Her. 

She bore you, She gives you life. 

It was She who gave to you your body, and to Her shall you one day give it back again. 

Happy are you when you come to know Her and Her Kingdom. 

If you receive your Mother's angels and if you do Her Laws. 

I tell you truly, he who does these things shall never see disease. 

For the power of our Mother is above all. 

And it destroys Satan and his kingdom...

and has rule over all your bodies and all living things.

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The blood which runs in us, is born of the blood of our Earthly Mother. 

Her Blood falls from the clouds, leaps from [springt uit] the womb of the earth, babbles [kabbelt] in the brooks of the mountains, flows wide in the rivers of the plains, sleeps in the lakes, rages mightily in tempestuous seas.

The air which we breathe is born of the Breath of our Earthly Mother. Her Breath is azure in the heights of the heavens, soughs [zucht] in the tops of the mountains, whispers the leaves of the forest, billows [zwelt op,golft] over the cornfields, slumbers [sluimert] in the deep valleys, burns hot in the desert.

The hardness of our bones is born of the Bones of our Earthly Mother, of the rocks and of the stones. They stand naked to the heavens on the tops of mountains, are as giants that lie sleeping on the sides of the mountains, as idols set in the desert, and are hidden in the deepness of the earth.

The tenderness of our flesh is born of the Flesh of our Earthly Mother, Whose Flesh waxes [groeit,wast] yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, and nurtures us in the furrows [voren] of the fields.

Our bowels are born of the Bowels of our Earthly Mother, and are hid from our eyes, like the invisible depths of the Earth.

The light of our eyes, the hearing of our ears, both are born of the Colors and the Sounds of our Earthly Mother; which enclose us about [ons omsluiten], as the waves of the sea a fish, as the eddying [wervelende] air a bird.

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I tell you in very truth... 

Man is the Son of the Earthly Mother... 

and from Her did the Son of Man receive his whole body... 

even as [net zoals] the body of the newborn babe is born of the womb of his mother. 

I tell you truly, you are one with the Earthly Mother. 

She is in you.

And you in Her. 

Of Her were you born, in Her do you live, and to Her shall you return again. 

Keep, therefore, Her Laws. 

For none can live long, neither be happy, but he who honors his Earthly Mother and does Her Laws. 

For your breath is Her Breath, your blood Her Blood, your bone Her Bone, your flesh Her Flesh, your bowels Her Bowels, your eyes and your ears are Her Eyes and Her Ears.

I tell you truly... 

should you fail to keep but one only of all these Laws... 

should you harm but one only of all your body's members... 

you shall be utterly lost in your grievous [zware,pijnlijke] sickness... 

and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

-

I tell you... 

unless you follow the Laws of your Mother... 

you can in no wise escape death. 

-

And he who clings to the Laws of his Mother... 

to him shall his Mother cling also. 

She shall heal all his plagues, and he shall never become sick. 

She gives him long life, and protects him from all afflictions. 

From fire, from water, from the bite of venomous serpents. 

For your Mother bore you, keeps life within you. 

She has given you Her body, and none but She heals you. 

Happy is he who loves his Mother and lies quietly in Her Bosom. 

For your Mother loves you, even when you turn away from Her. 

And how much more shall She love you, if you turn to Her again? 

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I tell you truly... 

very great is Her Love. 

Greater than the greatest of mountains, deeper than the deepest seas. 

And those who love their Mother, She never deserts them. 

As the hen protects her chickens, as the lioness her cubs, as the mother her newborn babe, so does the Earthly Mother protect the Son of Man from all danger and from all evils.

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Volgens de traditie van de Griekse berg Athos...

zeilde de H. Maagd Maria, vergezeld van Johannes, van Jaffa naar Cyprus om er Lazarus te bezoeken. Toen het schip uit koers raakte en afstevende op het - toen heidense - Athos, moest het voor anker gaan vlakbij het huidige klooster van Iviron.

De Maagd Maria liep aan land, en overweldigd door de prachtige en wilde natuurlijke schoonheid van de berg, zegende ze hem en vroeg aan haar Zoon om hem tot haar tuin te maken.

G.H. Amores

Er werd een stem gehoord die zei: 

Ἔστω ὁ τόπος οὗτος κλῆρος σὸς καὶ περιβόλαιον σὸν καὶ παράδεισος, ἔτι δὲ καὶ λιμὴν σωτήριος τῶν θελόντων σωθῆναι. ('Laat deze plaats Uw erfdeel zijn en Uw tuin, een paradijs en een toevluchtsoord van heil voor degenen die gered willen worden.')

Vanaf dat moment was de berg ingewijd als de tuin van de Moeder Gods... 

en verboden terrein voor alle andere vrouwen.

Historische documenten over de oude geschiedenis van de berg Athos zijn schaars. 

Het is zeker dat er al sinds de vierde eeuw, en mogelijk sinds de derde eeuw monniken zijn.

Tijdens het bewind van Constantijn I (324-337AD) woonden er zowel christenen als volgelingen van de traditionele Griekse religie. Tijdens het bewind van Julianus Apostata (361–363AD) werden de kerken van de berg Athos opnieuw verwoest, en verstopten christenen zich in de bossen en op ontoegankelijke plaatsen.

Later, tijdens het bewind van Theodosius I (379-395AD), werden net de tempels van de traditionele Griekse religie vernietigd. Maar de lexicograaf Hesychius van Alexandrië stelt dat er in de vijfde eeuw nog een tempel en een standbeeld van Zeus de Athoniet was.

In de zevende eeuw...

na de islamitische verovering van Egypte... 

probeerden veel orthodoxe monniken uit de Egyptische woestijn een andere, rustige plek te vinden. Sommigen van hen kwamen naar het schiereiland Athos.

Een oud document stelt dat monniken 'hutten van hout bouwden met daken van stro' en dat ze 'door het verzamelen van fruit van de wilde bomen in voor zichzelf geïmproviseerde maaltijden voorzagen.'

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Catedral São Carlos, Brasil

Sint-Carolus Borromeus... 

beschermheilige van São Carlos in Brazilië...

was ervan overtuigd...

dat de epidemie een plaag uit de hemel was om de zonden van het volk te straffen... 

en dat het dus nodig was zijn toevlucht te nemen tot geestelijke middelen: gebed én boetedoening. 

De aartsbisschop gaf daarom opdracht om op 3, 5 en 6 oktober drie grote processies in Milaan te houden 'om de toorn van God te sussen.' Op de eerste dag, hoewel het geen grote vastentijd was, strooide de heilige as op de hoofden van duizenden mensen die zich hadden verzameld, en drong er bij hen op aan zich te bekeren. 

Na de ceremonie trok de processie naar de basiliek van Sant' Ambrogio. Zelf plaatste hij zich aan het hoofd van het volk, gekleed in de violette mantel van de vastentijd, met een kap en blootsvoets. Hij droeg het touw van de boeteling om zijn nek, en in zijn hand een groot kruis.

In de kerk predikte hij over de eerste klaagzang van de profeet Jeremia: 'Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo' [Hoe eenzaam  nu de stad die ooit zo vol bevolkt was...] en verklaarde dat de zonden van de mensen tot Gods verontwaardiging hadden geleid.

Karlskirche Wien

De heilige Karel Borromeus stierf op 3 november 1584...

en is begraven in de kathedraal van Milaan. Zijn hart werd plechtig naar Rome gebracht, naar de basiliek van Santi Ambrogio e Carlo, in de Via del Corso, gebouwd voor zijn heiligverklaring, waar het nog steeds wordt vereerd.

Talloze kerken zijn aan hem gewijd, waaronder de majestueuze Karlskirche in Wenen, die in de 18e eeuw werd gebouwd als een votiefdaad door keizer Karl VI. Op 22 oktober 1713, tijdens de laatste grote pestepidemie in Wenen, beloofde deze in de Stephansdom om een kerk voor zijn patroon Carolus Borromeus te bouwen, als de epidemie tot een eind zou komen.

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Alonso Cano

Bernard had een speciale toewijding aan de Maagd Maria... 

en zou later verschillende werken schrijven over de Koningin der Hemel... 

vandaar zijn prachtige titel 'The Bard of Mary'.

in Uffizi...

St. Bernard zou de rol van Anselmus van Canterbury uitwerken, bij het omzetten van het sacramentele rituele christendom van de vroege middeleeuwen in een nieuw, meer persoonlijk vastgehouden geloof, met het leven van Christus als model, en een nieuwe nadruk op de Maagd Maria. 

In tegenstelling tot de rationele benadering van goddelijk begrip die de scholastici aannamen, predikte Bernard een onmiddellijk geloof, waarin de voorspreekster de Maagd Maria was.

Filippino Lippi

In 1115, 25 jaar oud... 

werd Sint Bernard gestuurd om een ​​nieuw klooster [tegenwoordig een gevangenis!] te stichten in de buurt van Ville-sous-la-Ferté, de 'Vallei van het Licht', Claire Vallée, in het dal van de rivier de Aube [Dageraad]! 

Als jonge abt publiceerde hij een reeks preken over de Annunciatie. Deze markeerden hem niet alleen als een zeer begaafde spirituele schrijver, maar ook als de 'cithara van Maria', vooral bekend om zijn ontwikkeling van Maria's bemiddelende rol.

De centrale elementen van Bernards mariologie zijn hoe hij de maagdelijkheid van Maria, 'Sterre der Zee', en haar rol als Middelares uitlegde.

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candomblé

Alba Cristina Soares Ya Darabi

candomblé-priesteres

moeder

actrice

!

speelde o.a. mee in de Portugese film 

'Palavra e Utopia' (2000)

over de Afro-Portugese (!) Jezuïet António Vieira (†1697)

een van de eerste critici van de koloniale misstanden

die opkwam voor onderdrukte Braziliaanse indianen

geboren in Lissabon... 

verhuisde hij op jonge leeftijd naar Salvador Bahia... 

de hoofdstad van het toenmalige Braziliaanse gewest

daar maakt hij als jonge novice

de bezetting door de Nederlanders mee

in latere preken zal hij fel uithalen naar de Hollandse ketters

die het door Portugal gecultiveerde Brazilië willen veroveren

Fernando Pessoa noemde hem 'de keizer van de Portugese taal.'

En ook Nobelprijswinnar voor Literatuur José Saramago verklaarde:

'De Portugese taal was nooit mooier dan toen pater António Vieira het schreef.'

Een verzameling van zijn 'barokke geschriften' verscheen in Nederland onder de titel 'Een natte hel: brieven en preken van een Portugese Jezuïet.'

Twee jaar geleden werd bovenstaand standbeeld van hem in de stad Lissabon door Black Lives Matter-sympathisanten beklad...

[wiki, e.a.]

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In the movie Fevereiros (2017)... 

samba lovers will want to write down the interviewees’ and the characters’ names to learn more about the subject. The movie touches on subjects that intertwine, such as religious tolerance and the samba emergence, starting from Estação Primeira de Mangueira’s history that has been born in a Candomblé house. 

The Rio Carnival celebration dates back to the 1650s. 

During that time, elaborate feasts were organized to give honor to the Greek wine gods. The Romans used to worship Bacchus, the god of the grape-harvest. The festival ‘Entrudo’ was introduced by the Portuguese and this inspired the birth of the Carnival in Brazil. 

In 1840, the very first Rio masquerade took place, and polka and waltz took center stage. Africans subsequently influenced the Carnival with the introduction of Samba music in 1917, which is now considered a traditional Brazilian form.

Luis Antonio Simas, a historian, tells us about the 'Ala das Baianas' [Vleugel/stoet van mensen uit Bahia]' importance in Rio Samba School parades, and about the 'Bond of Sociability [gezelligheid]' – the idea that without the community it’s not possible to survive. 

The movie also talks about João de Baiana, popular composer, singer, samba dancer and instrumentalist, considered to be the introducer of the tambourine in samba.

[bron]

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Lake Paranoá... 

is an artificial lake located in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. 

During construction of the city, the Paranoá River was dammed to form the lake, which has a circumference of 80 km. 

On its shores are embassies and consulates, sports clubs, restaurants, the residential areas of Lago Sul and Lago Norte, the University of Brasília, the Olympic Center, and the Palácio da Alvorada, the official residence of the President of Brazil.

The intense occupation of the hydrographic basin and the release of untreated wastewater led to the eutrophication [algen e.d.m.] of the lake.

Paranoá... 

is a word of Tupi origin. 

It means 'sea cove' [zee-inham]... 

through the intersection of the terms paranã, 'sea'

and kûá 'cove'.

[wiki]