No One Is Lost

      

In my book Jesus, o Profeta Divino [Jesus, the Divine Prophet] (2011), I ask an intriguing question: Do you want to triumph over your own self and succeed? Let Jesus coexist in your Spirit and let Holy Mary comfort your heart maternally at rough times throughout the human journey.

In fact, no one is hopelessly lost or abandoned in this world.

Tela: Giovanni Sassoferrato (1609-1685)

     

We must not lose sight of the invitation from the Celestial Provider to overcome any and all difficulties that may arise along the way. In His Gospel according to Matthew 21:22 and 17:20, He promised: “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. If you have Faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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Alziro Zarur  

Oh Divine Master, Head of humanity, which mountains can Accomplishing Faith move from our path? Through the sacred intuition—which is Your voice in us—we know the answer: it is despair, lack of money, the need for many other things, illness (of the Spirit, body, and mind), lack of love, incomprehension, slander, infamy, hunger, and anything else that may afflict Your beloved children. That is why in his lessons from the Universalist Spiritual Center of the Religion of the Third Millennium, Brother Alziro Zarur (1914-1979) taught us that “Faith is God Himself. Faith is the same as God.”

José de Paiva Netto is a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, composer, and poet. He is the President of the Legion of Good Will (LGW), effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and of the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter). Affiliated to 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 Union of Radio Broadcasters of Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC). He is also a member of the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He is an author of international reference in the concept and defense of the cause of Ecumenical Citizenship and Spirituality which, according to him, constitute “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of the emotions and of the reasoning enlightened by intuition, the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from the elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love.”