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Overcoming Difficulties

“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every Word that comes from the mouth of God.”  
Jesus (Matthew 4:4)

In His Ecumenical Prayer—the Lord’s Prayer—Christ talks about our daily bread, that is, above all, the transubstantial bread, food that does not perish, food for the Spirit. Once we have nourished our Souls, we must seek the nourishment for our bodies through our own efforts, never forgetting, however, to help others in need to move forward along more luminous paths. Living the Charity of God represents one of the reasons why communities exist on Earth. As I wrote in my book Jesus, o Profeta Divino [Jesus, the Divine Prophet] (2011), despite how bad the world situation is, we must not lose Hope. With Hope in our hearts, we must be prepared to overcome any and every difficulty.

Tela: James Tissot (1836-1902)

    

Nourishing the Power of Hope and of Accomplishing Faith

In the face of a variety of situations, in which pain, anguish, and despair often come without warning, it is vital that creatures act with Solidarity and provide spiritual and material help for their fellow beings. In addition to this immediate support, we need to nourish the power of Hope and of Accomplishing Faith, which move human beings to remain under the protection of the Heavenly Father and encourage them to roll up their sleeves and make their most righteous pleas come true.

José de Paiva Netto (1941-2025), a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, educator, composer, poet, the President Emeritus and Consolidator of the Legion of Good Will, and Spiritual Leader of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He was an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, the Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He became an internationally recognized author in the defense of human rights and in his concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his own words, represent “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of emotions and of reasoning enlightened by intuition; the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love. In short, the mathematical constant that harmonizes the equation of spiritual, moral, mental, and human existence. Now, without the understanding that we exist on two planes―not only on the physical plane―it will be difficult to build a Society that is truly Ecumenical, Altruistic, and Solidary, since we would still be ignoring that the knowledge of Superior Spirituality elevates the character of creatures and, consequently, leads to the construction of the Planetary Citizenship.”