Sunday, March 28, 2021
15th Anniversary
It is hard to believe that - indeed.
For it feels as though it happened just yesterday;
that terrible event - that dreadful day... from our earthly point of view
As it truly is a return home; an ascension
into the everafter ~ into The Light
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Labels: commemorative, pai, santo
Monday, March 28, 2016
Jà Faz Dez Anos
Tenth Anniversary -
Each spring reminds me of a renaissance,
being born again,
born into the true reality
of Eternal Life;
life with the Spirit
as we are all of The Spirit
living a life that is but a passage
an experience of the material
while our true beings are spiritual
and, as we cross over,
we become one with The Spirit.
As you passed away on the threshold of spring, pai,
you exemplified that in a most telling way:
shedding the corporeal coil
embracing new life - in the ethereal -
joining God in His Abode
where you watch over us now,
I am certain of it.
I remember you.
Sempre me alembrei-re.
E nunca me esquecerei.
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Labels: commemorative, pai, santo
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Dia Nove No Céu
My Father passed away nine years ago this month -
he would have been into his eighties now
if he was still with us...
Nunca me esquecerei, pai -
nunca.
It has been like NINE DAYS for you -
*NOVE DIAS NO CÉU*
as, for us on this earth, left behind,
it has been nine long years already...
So much has changed...
Still, your departure is as if it had been
yesterday.
I will carry forth both your memory
and your good will, father.
...e vou sempre pôr o melhor
aqui como em todo lugar
em tua memoria
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Labels: commemorative, pai, santo
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
O Dia Do Pai
This year
we continue
remembering
a great man
not on the day
that he was born
nor on the day
that he departed...
but, rather,
on the day
of the Father...
no Dia do Pai...
no Dia do Pai...
What better way
to honor
his name,
his life,
his memory,
than to recite
a poem
I wrote
a while ago -
thinking of him,
thinking of every
single
Believer
on this earth,
by direct
correlation...
reflecting
on each
and every one
of our situations
in this life...
Here it is;
I'll read it to you...
I'll read it to you...
Nunca me esquecerei,
pai...
Father would have celebrated
his 80th birthday
this year...
his 80th birthday
this year...
Sempre Por O Melhor
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Labels: commemorative, Father's Day 2014, pai, poetry, santo
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Sétimo Aniversario
No Dia do Pai - vocés pensavam, mesmo, que eu nâo ia me alembrar do meu santo pai...? I only refrained from posting the triple commemorative posts, in late March, in order to mark the all-important seventh anniversary of my father's passing on Father's Day itself: question de souligner, à travers ce numéro saint, la conviction personnelle qui me pousse à croire en la sainteté de feu mon père - même si telle conviction, à elle seule, n'a pas l'ombre d'une chance de convaincre le Saint-Siège de donner suite au processus menant aux étapes de vénérabilité, béatification et de canonisation...
Mas que seja bem claro, para todos que o lhe compreendem: o meu pai jà é, agora mesmo, mais santo que muitos que pensem um dia ter este titulo, post-mortem claro...
I know that he is watching over me - making me slow to anger, too, as he was ever the premiere role-model for the virtues of patience and temperance.
I have no doubt - not a shadow of a doubt - that he is in The Light: as no energy in the universe ever ceases to exist, the energy that animated him (in other words: his soul) has gone to a place where it communes with his like; other energies, other souls, other worthy beings who belong there, for it is a place very near to the One and True God, Maker of the Universe and Creator of All.
And I instinctively feel that Dad is allowed, from time to time, to come closer - to us who knew him, back here, when he carried on his mission on Earth, as all of us are called to do during our respective short and (may they all be) luminous pilgrimages that we call... our lives.
Dad took me there - often - when it was a real PARC...
Qu'à cela ne tienne - on accordera bien volontiers à papa le statut émérite de Serviteur de Dieu.
Um Servidor de Deus que tem 79 anos agora - mas nunca mais irá envelhecer de novo.
É pelo contrar, agora...
Mas que seja bem claro, para todos que o lhe compreendem: o meu pai jà é, agora mesmo, mais santo que muitos que pensem um dia ter este titulo, post-mortem claro...
I know that he is watching over me - making me slow to anger, too, as he was ever the premiere role-model for the virtues of patience and temperance.
I have no doubt - not a shadow of a doubt - that he is in The Light: as no energy in the universe ever ceases to exist, the energy that animated him (in other words: his soul) has gone to a place where it communes with his like; other energies, other souls, other worthy beings who belong there, for it is a place very near to the One and True God, Maker of the Universe and Creator of All.
And I instinctively feel that Dad is allowed, from time to time, to come closer - to us who knew him, back here, when he carried on his mission on Earth, as all of us are called to do during our respective short and (may they all be) luminous pilgrimages that we call... our lives.
Happy Father's Day, Papa
Bonne Fête des Pères, Papa
Feliz Dia Do Pai... Papa!
Sempre Me Alembrei, Pai
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Labels: commemorative, pai, santo
Monday, March 19, 2012
Sexto Aniversario
Here is our favorite, father: JESUS His Name and His Sacrifice Has Blessed us just as others tried to do the opposite. We Have the Victory - With Him. AMÉM!Seis anos depois que tu falaceste, santo pai.
Vamos se ver de novo
e andar pelos predos
respirando o ar puro
matando sede com as aguas santas
como se mata saudades com santidâo
Vamos, sim, vamos se ver de novo
Mas nâo ainda jà
Nâo ainda...
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Labels: commemorative, Lusitania, music, pai, santo
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