Revised by Ângela Maria Montenegro de Lacerda

Love

Sublime word that expresses
  peace, charity and tenderness.
The love brought by God
with all His goodness.
In the worlds called "happy",
where fraternity reigns,
 love is a common practice
among all beings.
Maternal love, when it exists,
is pure and transparent
and nothing resists it.
Without it, poor person...
 Children's love how wonderful!
Sweet creatures, coming from another world,
filling the emptiness
of anxious homes.
The Nature, around us
 teaches us what love is,
with its animals and flowers
created by God.
The rose that blossoms and perfumes,
the birds that sing and fly,
the lilies of the valley, that Jesus spoke to us about,
the animals that delight many.
The tears and the smile of a child,
that show the biggest creation of Father,
like a ray of hope
 pointing to us, a future that is coming.
The love for the eldery and the needy,
for the poor, for the crippled,
the love for the neighbor and relative.
We must remember that love
doesn't have any limits
and it must remain
 where there is pain.
How many suffer in this world
without knowing what love is.
How many would give their life
for one simple hug.
Let us rise, my brothers,
and let us embrace each other heartily,
helping to change the world
with more love and charity.



Abortion

Before deciding to take out the embryo
let's return to the day of the conception
when, among  millions of spermatozoa
we were the first one, the champion.
And, fertilizing the ovule,
 we multiply, ceaselessly
in countless cells
until we are formed
and, in few weeks
the most perfect being
that God can create.
During the gestation
the embryo understands, has sensorial perception,
is easily touched, hears our conversation
and feels pleasure.
The embryo isn't able to defend itself.
It remains quiet in its place,
only needing affection,
waiting for its birth.
Imagine that an embryo
is linking to the soul of a being
that can be trying to be born again
for hundreds of years.



Guardian Angel

When we are born, we receive a gift
that we cannot unwrap, nor appreciate,
because we still ignore,
this gift belongs to the other "side".
We grow up and forget this gift,
which is, all the time, close to us.
And at the most difficult moments,
we seem to hear His voice.
What present is this, that can speak,
through one simple intuition,
talking to our heart
very low, without crying?
In fact, it is the best present
that during our life
helps us on our way,
giving us a hand when necessary,
between tears and smiles,
for one more journey.
His name is Guardian Angel 
that is carefully wrapped
by God, with all His goodness.
And it is always there by our side
cheering, in a low voice,
for our spiritual progress.



Charity

Will it be difficult to remember that you exist
if there are so many desperate,
sad and desolate people
just needing a simple word?
An affectionate word, friend,
free from humiliation and indifference,
with sincerity, gratitude,
brought from the bottom of our heart.
The material charity is essential
because unfortunately there are still 
starving people who suffer
and the needy ones who subsist.
How good unselfishness!
Leading to freedom,
trying to escape from egocentricity,
helping one more person.
Blessed you are, charity,
that carries us in your arms,
keeping us away from idleness
showing us the good way
,amid slips and thorns,
 just for our happiness. 
And all the charity we do
should be kept to ourselves,
'cause the Father who is generous
,in the future, will judge us.
Kardec, long ago, used to say
filled with emotion
something really true
"without charity there is no salvation"



Gospel

The Gospel has the invisible force,
the moral largeness of the Creator,
the smoothness and the tenderness of the flower
and the goodness of a sweet smile.
The gospel is the law of the Universe,
expressed in words and verses,
that only the humble can understand
 between the lines of knowledge.
Life gives us the chance
 of thinking and choosing,
between the right and wrong, 
the joy and suffering.
The choise that we have,
makes us free, throughout our lives,
however without objective,
we don't get rid of the thorns.
The fondness and the determination,
supported by the reason,
balanced with the gospel
make up the formula for perfection.



God

Imagine a Father who thinks about us
since our initial creation,
and when we fall, supports us,
giving us other incarnation.
Imagine a Father who does not punish
and does not have anything to forgive
because He, being only goodness,
is not capable of hurting.
Imagine the infinite universe
full of stars scintillating
and, around each star,
some planets circulating.
Imagine our small planet,
in the immensity of the creation
and God taking care of everything,
not forgetting a single brother.
Imagine a light in your chest,
inside you a lot of peace
and while walking around this world,
do not forget what God does.
Imagine a fragrant rose,
a humming-bird flying,
a bee making honey,
a beautiful bird singing.
Imagine yourself being part
of this wonderful creation,
thanking the almighty God
for being here, my friend.



Happiness

We spend our whole life
trying to find where you are.
We die from working hard
trying to find you.
We travel abroad
and around Brazil.
We wash in the waterfall
and we do a thousand things.
We eat caviar and lobster,
the most delicious food.
We go to the prettiest clubs
and buy the most expensive goods.
We sail in the Internet,
we read periodicals and magazines,
we learn science and  technology,
astronomy and fantasy.
My friend I'm going to tell you
where happiness can be. 
Sit down, now, on your chair,
think about the Creator and imagine
that you do not need to fluster ou hurry,
'cause the happiness you're looking for
is inside you. 



Fraternity

The sensible way of love
without ostentation and grandeur,
seeing in each creature
 a projection of the Nature.
To be fraternal is to be happy
with joy in the heart
because everything it does 
is filled with great emotion.
Luminous fratenity where tenderness shines, 
filling the soul with light, 
erasing all bitterness.
Fraternity that caresses 
the hopeless sick person, 
fondles the poor person in despair 
and the small and weak child.
Unisersal fraternity, 
dream of the Master Jesus,
 who when dying on the cross 
brought us the great signal, 
showing that only love 
makes man more fraternal.



Mary 

Your name is simple
 and easy to pronounce.
Each syllable has the smoothness 
of the singing of the bird.
When the thought involves us, 
bringing us the remembrance 
of the time when, of your womb, 
the best child was born.
The happiness makes us smile 
of so  great emotion, 
because that child was our salvation.
Mary, you are the mother of the mothers!
The most divine creature!
Capable of making the purest seed 
blossom from the most fragrant flower 
in God's garden.
You carried in your arms 
the prettiest and most loved being 
and in these same arms 
you assisted Him when He died.
And today all the humanity 
is grateful and prays, 
'cause since much time behind 
you turned to be Our Lady.
We are thankful, Mother, 
from the bottom of our soul 
because among all the mothers 
you were the most glorified one.



Pardon

 The pardon alliviates the soul 
filling it with tenderness, 
turning the bitterness
 into a charming smile, 
where the soul can taste
 a slice of love. 
We saw two millenniuns go by
 and we, still imperfect, 
have not learnt to forgive. 
To pardon with words 
is easy and simple to say. 
To forgive with our heart 
is something difficult to do. 
Those who know to pardon 
do not bear any resentment
  opening the heart 
to be free. 
When we feel peace come back
 emptying the uncertainty, 
 a feeling consoles us 
and increases our fortress,
 we start to grow 
supported by pain, 
getting rid of the egoism 
of a suffering past. 
When we love truly
 we don't need to offend each other
 'cause, in our soul, 
only love will blossom.
Those who love 
do not have time to hate,
 nor hurt or get angry. 
Therefore with a peaceful conscience
  they keep loving without stopping.
 Pardon seventy times seven,
 always pardon, without limits
 and when you are sad, 
 do not hesitate,continue pardoning. 
Jesus taught us
 and we cannot forget. 
How many tears did He wipe?
 Jesus, our dear Master 
 in spite of so much suffering, 
You still had strength enough
to forgive us.



Time

We are born and we travel
in the time without stopping.
We enjoy our infancy,
a joyful youth
and at the moments of abundance
we don't know how to control ourselves.
Finally we calm down
when in the arms of old age
we feel peace comfort us.
How good it would be if while young,
our souls could, one day,
 perceive God's love 
and enjoyed every moment of our life.
Time is impassive,
it goes by without our perceiving it
and when we look back
we can notice,
the time we wasted.
Oh! Ungrateful time!
How much you make me suffer
'cause I don't know,
where you are yet.
Sometimes I wake up thinking
about my chidhood days,
when the time did not matter,
'cause as I child I thought
time does not end.
 During my youth
 I didn't care about time either
'cause I felt good.
Now, middle-aged
I do really miss
 the time I've lost
and I hurry to get,
 in little time,
whatever is necessary
 to learn about life.
And I ask God, every day,
to give me enough time
to redeem from my past.



Jesus

He was born in Beth-lehem
our model and guide
in a simple manger
on a day of a greatest light.
Surrounded by so much love
under the care of Mary and Joseph
He illuminated everything around
with His spirit of faith.
Faith of hope and goodness,
faith of love and charity,
faith of peace and humility,
faith of pardon and fraternity.
Jesus, we love you!
 How great our gratitude is
because you brought us
the word of your attitude. 
Attitude of life, to feed,
strenghten and support us,
filling us with hope
with your sweet eyes.
Sound and sincere look
wanting the world to hug
with a smile in the lips
to console us.
You grew up helping us all
throughout your walk
and when you were about thirty,
you learned how to cure.
Two thousand years have passed
and great is our felicity
'cause, You left us,
the Gospel, the pearl of humanity.