José “Pepe” Mujica

“And tomorrow, like everyone, I’ll be a pile of worms and disappear.”

“Either you’re happy with very little, free of all that extra luggage, because you have happiness inside, or you don’t get anywhere! I am not advocating poverty. I am advocating sobriety.”

“We have invented a mountain of superfluous needs. Shopping for new, discarding the old. That’s a waste of our lives! When I buy something, or you buy something, you’re not paying money for it. Your paying with the hours of life you had to spend earning that money. The difference is life is one thing money can’t buy. Life only gets shorter. And it is pitiful to waste one’s life and freedom that way.”

“What I do recommend is that we stop wasting resources on useless things, on luxuries houses that require six servants to maintain. What good is all that? What good is it? None of that is necessary. We can live much more modestly. We can spend our resources on things that are really important for everyone.”

José “Pepe” Mujica
former President of Uruguay
Photo’s source:
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/02/150227_uruguay_mujica_10_frases_irm

“Man may very well be the only animal capable of self-destruction.”

“Human nature is constructed in such a way that you end up learning much more from suffering than form a life of ease. That does not mean that I recommend a quest for suffering, or anything like that. But this is what I want to make people understand: You can always pick yourself up again. It’s always worth it starting from zero again, once, or a thousand times, as long as you’re still alive. That’s the biggest lesson in life. In other word, you are not defeated until you give up the fight. You give up the fight by giving up the dream. Fighting, dreaming, being down on the ground, confronting reality that’s what gives meaning to existence, to the lives we lead.”

“You can’t live life when you nurse a grudge. And you can’t live going in circles.”

“You have to learn to pack up your scars and keep going, headed for the future. If I spend my time licking my wounds, I’m not moving forward. I see life as the road that lies ahead. What counts is tomorrow.”

Pál testvér, aki negyven gyerekre vigyáz

„Mi olyan helyen élünk, ahol elfogadnak, figyelnek ránk, gondoskodó szeretet vesz körül… Ezért szívből jövő, hálás köszönet Bakó Béla Pál ferences atyának, a mi szeretett Pál atyánknak. Az ő jóvoltából van most családi otthonunk… Nem rideg árvaház, hosszú folyosóval, hanem meleg, családias fészek.” (http://www.edfam.ro/en)

Bakó Béla, fr. Pál OFM (balra),
ferences szerzetespap,
a marosvásárhelyi Szent Erzsébet Társulás alapítója és vezetője.
A képen Pál testvér a Jakab Antal Keresztény Kör (JAKK)
díját Ft. dr. Vencser Lászlótól (jobbra),
az Ausztriai Idegennyelvű Pasztoráció országos igazgatójától veszi át.
Kép forrása: http://www.romkat.ro/hu/node/3507

Máltai Esték - dr. Eőry Ajándok előadása

„Akik embernek születtünk egyben gyógyító készségünk is van. Bárkit meg tudsz gyógyítani, nemcsak a gyógyító beszélgetéseddel, hanem a vele való törődéssel.”

dr. Eőry Ajándok

természetgyógyász,

a kínai orvoslás magyarországi szakértője,a Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat önkéntes orvosa

Fénykép forrása: http://gyorgytea.hu/amikor-bukkszentkereszt-megtelik-vendegekkel-viii-gyogynovenynapok

Mosolyod

Nagy Szent II. János Pál pápa

(Szent Karol Józef  Wojtyła)

/1920-2005/

Kép forrása:

https://www.facebook.com/PCross83/

Mosolyod, mely szívből fakad,
Aranyozza be arcodat!
Mosolyod nem kerül pénzbe,
Mégis sokat ér testvéred szemében.
Gazdagítja azt, aki kapja,
S nem lesz szegényebb az sem, aki adja.
Pillanatig tart csupán,
De örök nyomot hagy maga után.
Senki sem oly gazdag,
Hogy nélkülözni tudná,
És senki sem oly szegény,
Hogy meg nem érdemelné.
Az igaz barátság látható jele,
Hintsd be a világot egészen vele.
Mosolyod: nyugalom a megfáradottnak,
Bátorság a csüggedőnek,
Vigasztalás a szomorkodónak.
Mosolyod értékes, nagyon nagy jó,
De semmiért meg nem vásárolható.
Kölcsönözni nem lehet, ellopni sem,
Mert csak abban a percben van értéke,
Amelyben arcodon megjelen’.
És, ha ezután olyannal találkozol,
Aki nem sugározza a várt mosolyt,
Légy nagylelkű, s a magadét add,
Mert senkinek sincs nagyobb szüksége mosolyra,
Mint annak, aki azt másnak adni nem tudja.

Szöveg forrása: http://www.magyarkurir.hu/hirek/ii-janos-pal-papa-viragoskertje-aprilis-24-20140423142108/

Jónak lenni jó 2014 - Bud Spencer

Carlo Pedersoli, közismertebb nevén Bud Spencer
(1929-2016),
Buddy szerepében az Aranyeső Yuccában (1981)
 c. filmben.
(rendező: Michele Lupo, zene: Ennio Morricone)
Kép forrása/ Source of the photo/
Fonte della fotografia:
www.facebook.com/budspencerofficial

„A hit számomra egy szükség. Szükségem van rá a mindennapokban, és nemcsak azért, mert a szüleim azt mondták, hogy »Fiam, légy hívő«, hanem azért, mert ez ad értelmet az életemnek. Nélküle csupán állati ösztöneim lennének, és nem lennék az, aki vagyok. Se sportoló, se színész, se ember.”

Dalai Lama al XIV-lea: Paradoxul vremurilor noastre

Dalai Lama al XIV-lea
(Tenzin Gyatso)
Sursa imaginii:
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_l%C3%A1ma

Paradoxul vremurilor noastre este că avem clădiri mai mari, dar temperamente mai mici; autostrăzi mai largi, dar minţi mai înguste, cheltuim mai mult, dar avem mai puţin; cumpărăm mai mult, dar ne bucurăm mai puţin.

Avem case mai mari şi familii mai mici, mai multe facilităţi, dar mai puţin timp, avem mai multe diplome, dar mai puţină înţelepciune, mai multe cunostinţe, dar mai puţină logică, mai multi experţi, dar mai multe probleme, mai multă medicină, dar mai puţină sănătate.

Bem prea mult, fumăm prea mult, cheltuim prea nesăbuit, râdem prea puţin, conducem prea repede, ne supărăm prea repede, ne culcăm prea târziu, ne sculăm prea obosiţi, citim prea rar, ne uităm prea mult la televizor şi medităm prea rar.

Ne-am multiplicat averile, dar am redus propriile noastre valori. Vorbim prea mult, iubim prea rar si urâm prea des. Am învăţat cum să trăim, dar nu cum este o viată, am adăugat ani la viaţă şi nu viaţă la ani.

Noi am facut drumul până la lună şi înapoi, dar avem probleme când traversăm strada pentru a-l întâlni pe noul vecin. Am cucerit spaţiul cosmic, dar nu şi spaţiul nostru interior, am făcut lucruri mai mari, dar nu lucruri mai bune.

Am curăţat aerul, dar ne-am poluat sufletul, am divizat atomul, dar nu şi prejudecăţile noastre.

Scriem mai mult, dar învăţăm mai puţin, ne-am propus mai mult, dar realizăm mai puţine. Am învăţat să ne grăbim dar nu şi să aşteptăm, avem venituri mai mari dar morală mai puţină, avem mai multe alimente dar linişte mai puţină, am construit mai multe calculatoare pentru a deţine mai multe informaţii şi a produce mai multe copii ca niciodată, dar comunicăm mai puţin; am devenit mult mai interesaţi de cantitate şi nu de calitate.

Acestea sunt vremurile fast-food-urilor şi ale digestiei lente; bărbaţii sunt înalţi dar au caractere mici; ne interesează profiturile rapide şi relaţiile superficiale. Acestea sunt vremurile păcii mondiale în care există războaie interne; avem mai mult timp liber, dar mai puţină distracţie, avem mai multe tipuri de alimente, dar mai puţină hrană.

Acestea sunt zilele în care avem câte două salarii, dar avem mai multe divorţuri, avem case mai frumoase, dar cămine destrămate. Acestea sunt zilele excursiilor rapide, a scutecelor de unică folosinţă, a aruncării la gunoi a moralităţii, a pierderii nopţilor, a trupurilor supraponderale şi ale medicamentelor bune la toate, de la bucurie la linişte dar si care ucid.

Există momente când oferim mai mult spectacol dar nu avem nimic în depozite, există un timp în care tehnologia ţi-a adus această scrisoare şi un timp în care poţi alege fie pentru a face diferenţa, fie pentru a atinge tasta …“delete” (şterge) …

Sursa textului: http://gandeste.org/general/paradoxul-vremurilor-noastre%E2%80%A6/22565

Way of the Cross - Seventh station

Mario Girotti alias Terence Hill as Pietro (Un passo dal cielo),
on his character's personal Way of the Cross (S01 E12-  La lacrima del gigante)
Source of the photo: https://www.facebook.com/TerenceHilltelefilm2000oggi/

Seventh station: Jesus falls for the second time

“The tradition that Jesus fell three times beneath the weight of the Cross evokes the fall of Adam – the state of fallen humanity – and the mystery of Jesus’ own sharing in our fall. Throughout history the fall of man constantly takes on new forms. In his First Letter, Saint John speaks of a threefold fall: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. He thus interprets the fall of man and humanity against the backdrop of the vices of his own time, with all its excesses and perversions. But we can also think, in more recent times, of how a Christianity which has grown weary of faith has abandoned the Lord: the great ideologies, and the banal existence of those who, no longer believing in anything, simply drift through life, have built a new and worse paganism, which in its attempt to do away with God once and for all, have ended up doing away with man. And so man lies fallen in the dust. The Lord bears this burden and falls, over and over again, in order to meet us. He gazes on us, he touches our hearts; he falls in order to raise us up.”

(Joseph Ratzinger’s Way of the Cross meditation, Colosseum, 2005)

Source of the text:
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2005/documents/ns_lit_doc_20050325_via-crucis_en.html