domingo, maio 27, 2012

DOMINGO DE PENTECOSTES/27/05


 

O que é Pentecostes?

Era para os judeus uma festa de grande alegria, pois era a festa das colheitas. Ação de graças pela colheita do trigo.

Vinha gente de toda a parte: judeus saudosos que voltavam a Jerusalém, trazendo também pagãos amigos e prosélitos.

Eram oferecidas as primícias das colheitas no templo.

Era também chamada festa das sete semanas por ser celebrada sete semanas depois da festa da páscoa, no qüinquagésimo dia. Daí o nome Pentecostes, que significa "qüinquagésimo dia".

No primeiro pentecostes, depois da morte de Jesus, cinqüenta dias depois da páscoa, o Espírito Santo desceu sobre a comunidade cristã de Jerusalém na forma de línguas de fogo; todos ficaram cheios do Espírito Santo e começaram a falar em outras línguas (At 2,1-4).

As primícias da colheita aconteceram naquele dia, pois foram muitos os que se converteram e foram recolhidos para o Reino.

Quem é o Espírito Santo?

O prometido por Jesus: "...ordenou-lhes que não se afastassem de Jerusalém, mas que esperassem a realização da promessa do Pai a qual, disse Ele, ouvistes da minha boca: João batizou com água; vós, porém, sereis batizados com o Espírito Santo dentro de poucos dias" (At 1,4-5).

Espírito que procede do Pai e do Filho: "quando vier o Paráclito, que vos enviarei da parte do Pai, o Espírito da Verdade que vem do Pai, ele dará testemunho de mim e vós também dareis testemunho..." (Jo 15 26-27).

O Espírito Santo é Deus com o Pai e com o Filho. Sua presença traz consigo o Filho e o Pai.

Por Ele somos filhos no Filho e estamos em comunhão com o Pai.

Qual é sua missão: Introduzir-nos na comunhão do Filho com o Pai, santificando-nos e fazendo-nos filhos com Jesus.

Fortalecer-nos para a missão de testemunhar e anunciar Jesus ao mundo. Para isso recebemos a plenitude de seus dons bem como a capacidade de proclamar a todos a quem somos enviados o Evangelho de Jesus.

O Espírito Santo é o AMOR do Pai e do Filho derramado em nossos corações.

O amor é fogo que arde, é chama que aquece e é força que aproxima e une.

O milagre das línguas é este: tomados pelo amor de Deus os homens passam a viver uma profunda comunhão e entre eles se estabelece a concórdia e a paz destruída pelo orgulho de Babel, raiz da discórdia e da confusão das línguas.

Guiar a Igreja nos caminhos da história para que ela permaneça fiel ao Senhor e encontre sempre de novo os meios de anunciar eficazmente o Evangelho. E isto o Espírito Santo o faz assistindo os pastores, derramando seus carismas sobre todo o Povo e a todos sustentando na missão de testemunhar o Evangelho.

É pelo Espírito Santo que Jesus continua presente e atuante na sua Igreja.

Quem O recebe?

Todos os que são batizados e crismados.

Quem dele vive?

Somente aqueles que procuram guardar a Palavra do Senhor no esforço de conversão, na oração e no empenho em testemunhar e anunciar o Evangelho de Jesus.

Quem crê no Espírito Santo e procura viver Dele, é feliz.

Amém.

Dom Eduardo Benes
Bispo diocesano de Sorocaba/SP

 

 

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Beautiful Flowers?

Beautiful flowers? Look a little closer and you'll see these stunning bouquets are actually drops of paint

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 17:49 GMT, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 06:50 GMT, 25 May 2012


At first glance, these incredible images look like still-life portraits of flowers.

But far from being drawn in the traditional way, they are created by photographing fast-moving droplets of paint as they fall through the air.

Artist Jack Long, 53, spends months painstakingly planning and testing each work before capturing them with a high-speed camera.

Blooming marvellous! This stunning floral picture was created by photographing a droplet of paint falling through the air after months of painstaking planning and testing

Blooming marvellous! This stunning floral picture was created by photographing a droplet of paint falling through the air after months of painstaking planning and testing

Paint-ently clever: Artist Jack Long uses water mixed with thickeners and dyes and then uses a flash to capture the right moment as the mixture falls through the air

Paint-ently clever: Artist Jack Long uses water mixed with thickeners and dyes and then uses a flash to capture the right moment as the mixture falls through the air

Another of Jack Long's paint-drop images

Jack is keen to keep the secret of his stunning pictures to himself

Glossy finish: Jack, from Wisconsin, U.S., calls the work 'Vessels and Blooms' and says he enjoys working with liquids because 'all the pictures are different'

However, Jack is keen to keep his technique to himself and will not reveal exactly how his pieces are created.

He uses water mixed with thickeners, pigments and dyes. The paint is suspended in air for a split second and he uses an electronic flash to get the moment just right.

 

The images contain a range of leaves, stems, petals and even the pots are made out of paint.

Jack, who calls the work 'Vessels and Blooms', said he enjoys working with liquids because 'all the pictures are different.'

Droplet dead gorgeous: Jack says hundreds of captures are made in testing and then many more during the final stage, with just a very few standing out as the best

Droplet dead gorgeous: Jack says hundreds of captures are made in testing and then many more during the final stage, with just a very few standing out as the best

Another floral image by Jack Long

One of Jack's paint-drop flowers

Stem-sational: Jack says none of the pictures are composites from multiple images, unless otherwise stated and he only uses Photoshop to 'clean up' the photograph

Flower power: Jack spends months using trial and error by mixing variations of red, blue and yellow and green to create his incredible bouquets

Flower power: Jack spends months using trial and error by mixing variations of red, blue and yellow and green to create his incredible bouquets

He said: 'I love working with liquids because of their incredible versatility when creating high speed photography. It is as much chance as it is preparation and planning. They are all different.

'I like to use a lot of colours, variations and mixes of red, blue and yellow and green. The work takes a great amount of planning, set building and testing.

'This series was a culmination of months of planning and testing. Hundreds of captures are made in testing and then many more during the actual final capture stage. A very few stand out as being the best.

'All of my images are created in one single capture. One picture. I do not make composites from multiple images, unless otherwise noted. All of my fluid flowers are as captured. Photoshop is only used to 'clean up' the image and to enhance the image with basic tools.'

Jack, from Wisconsin, America, added: 'What I like the most is that my work is so unique from other splash or liquid photography. The main goal is to create something truly original.'

Jack makes a splash

An unusual-looking flower

Making a splash: Jack main goal is to create something 'truly original' and feels his work is so unique from other liquid photography

Labour of love: Jack says he has a passion for working with liquids because of their incredible versatility when creating high-speed photography

Labour of love: Jack says he has a passion for working with liquids because of their incredible versatility when creating high-speed photography

Jack, 53, spends months planning his pictures

Jack says he prides himself on doing something 'truly unique'

Incredible detail: Despite his in-depth preparations, Jack admits that his final images are down to chance as much as anything else








Deepak Punjabi 

Baguio City


 

Moon Bridge In Taipei

 


Stunning and serene: Incredible images of the Moon Bridge in Taipei capture this magical, misty landscape

By Helen Collis

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Morning mist hangs in the calm, still air adding to the dream-like magic of this tranquil setting in Taiwan.

The crystal clear water allows for a perfect reflection of an upside down world, almost playing tricks on the mind.

With scenery like this, it is no wonder that Taiwan was formerly known as the Beautiful Island - Ilha Formosa - to the West.

These remarkable, soft blue, monochrome pictures of The Moon Bridge, in DaHu (Big Lake) Park in Taipei, northern Taiwan, were taken by an arguably talented photographer, known simply as bbe022001 on Flickr.

The park itself in fact sits close to the industrial centre of Taiwan. The northern Neihu district of Taipei is famous for its IT industry and large shopping complexes.

But its parks and impressive mountains, dotted with temples and holy shrines, are unforgettably breathtaking.

Taiwan has more than 200 mountains that soar above 3,000 meters in height, and the unique geology and topography have created countless alluring landscapes and coastal scenes.

 

****** Tradução*****

 

Deslumbrante e serena: Imagens incríveis da Ponte Lua em Taipei capturar esta paisagem mágica, misty

 
Por Helen Collis
 

PUBLICADO: 20:19 GMT, 26 de maio de 2012 | Atualizado em: 20:35 GMT, 26 de maio de 2012
 
 
 
Névoa da manhã trava na calma, o ar parado aumentando a magia de sonho deste cenário tranquilo em Taiwan.
 

A água cristalina permite um perfeito reflexo de um mundo de cabeça para baixo, quase jogando truques sobre a mente.
 
Com um cenário como este, não é de admirar que Taiwan era anteriormente conhecida como Ilha Bela - Ilha Formosa - para o Ocidente.
 

Estes notáveis, macio azul, imagens monocromáticas de The Bridge Lua, em Dahu (Big Lake) Park, em Taipei, Taiwan norte, foram tiradas por um fotógrafo talentoso, sem dúvida, conhecido simplesmente como bbe022001 no Flickr.
 

O parque em si, de facto, fica perto do centro industrial de Taiwan. O norte do distrito de Taipei Neihu é famosa por sua indústria de TI e complexos comerciais de grande porte.
 

Mas seus parques e montanhas impressionantes, repleta de templos e santuários sagrados, são inesquecível de tirar o fôlego.
 
Taiwan tem mais de 200 montanhas que se elevam acima de 3.000 metros de altura, ea geologia única e topografia criaram inúmeras paisagens fascinantes e cenas costeiras.
 
 
Stunning: The sun cuts through the mist at DaHu park, Taipei, creating a photograph that looks more like a perfect paintingthe mist at DaHu park, Teipei, creating a photograph that looks more like a perfect painting

Stunning: The sun cuts through the mist at DaHu park, Taipei, creating a photograph that looks more like a perfect painting

Anther world: The dead calm water coupled with the smokey soft atmosphere give an almost perfect reflection int the lake

Anther world: The dead calm water coupled with the smokey soft atmosphere give an almost perfect reflection int the lake

Breathtaking: The detail in these magnificent, mesmerising pictures allows you to escape into a magical world

Breathtaking: The detail in these magnificent, mesmerising pictures allows you to escape into a magical world




 
Deepak Punjabi 

Baguio City



 

Palitana - Incredible Beauty of Indian Architecture

 

PALITANA THE JAIN PILGRIMAGE CENTER
THE MARVEL OF JAINISM AND THE RELIGIOUS ART
 
 
[1]
PALITANA IS THE LARGEST AND THE GREATEST
JAIN SACRED PILGRIMAGE CENTER IN THE WORLD.
[2]
THE PALITANA HILLS IS PLACE FROM WHERE MILLIONS OF SOULS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ACHIEVED NIRAVANA OR ULTIMATE AND EVERLASTING LIBERATION WITH INFINITE KNOWLEDGE, INFINTE PERCEPTION, INFINTE ENERGY AND INFINITE SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS.
[3]
PALITANA IS A CITY IN BHAVANGAR DISTRICT OF STATE OF GUJARAT,
IN INDIA. IT IS SITUATED ABOUT FIFTY KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST
OF BHAVNAGAR CITY. .
[4]
THE TEMPLE COMPLEX OF PALITANA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND CONSIDERED THE MOST SACRED PILGRIMAGE PLACE BY THE JAINS ALL OVER THE WORLD. THERE ARE SOME 3000 EXQUISITE TEMPLES WITH MARVELLOUS ART ON SHATRUNJAY HILLS.
THE FIRST TIRTHANKAR LORD ADINATHA OR RISHABHDEVA HAS THE MOST PRONOUNCED PLACEMENT.
[5]
ON TOP OF THE SHATRUNJAYA HILL IS A CLUSTER OF JAIN TEMPLES BUILT OVER SOME 900 YEARS BY GENERATIONS OF JAINS STARTING FROM 11TH
CENTURY
[6]
FROM THE FOOT OF THE HILL TO THE TOP THERE ARE MORE THAN 3,800 STONE STEPS CARVED OUT FROM ROCKS TO FACILITATE CLIMBING IN 13TH CENTURY
[7]
THE TEMPLES ARE EXQUISITELY CARVED IN MARBLE RESEMBLING IVORY IN LOOK. THE LEADING TEMPLE IS OF LORD ADISHWAR.
[8]
THIS TEMPLE HAS A FABULOUS COLLECTION OF EXPENSIVE JEWELS DEDICATED BY RICH JAIN PATRONS.
[9]
THE TEMPLES DATE FROM 11th TO THE 20th CENTURY
[10]
THE DAY OF THE FAGUN SUD 13th FALLING SOMEWHERE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS THE MOST VISITED AND CROWDED DAY
[11]
A JAIN ASPIRES TO CLIMB TO THE TOP OF MOUNTAIN ONCE IN HIS LIFE TIME
[12]
MOTI SHAH TOONK(TEMPLE) AT THE TOP OF THE SIDDHACHA HILLS
[13]
THE CLIMB MUST BEGIN IN EARLY MORNING AND RETURN DESCENT MUST BE COMPLETED IN EVENING. NO STAYING OVERNIGHT
[14]
SOME FACTS ABOUT PALITANA.
SHETRUNJAY TEMPLES; STEPS TO CLIMB: 3364
HEIGHT: 2000 FEET. WALKING: 7.5 MILES.
PRATIMA OR IDOLS ARE 27007 IN JINMANDIR OR TEMPLES TOTALLING 3507
[15]
THERE ARE MORE THAN 27000 IDOLS OF JAIN GODS ON THIS MOUNTAIN ALONE
[16]
OVERNIGHT STAY IS FORBIDDEN FOR ALL HUMANS AS IT IS PEACEFUL RESTING PLACE FOR GODS
[17]
THERE ARE TWO SUMMITS WITH 900 TEMPLES WITH EXTRAORDINARY ART AND SCULPTURE