translation: Keep strong, my child

To seek first the Kingdom and the justice of God is to want God in the first place. It is centering on God; seeking God not because I need health, money, guarantee and prosperity, but because God is God and deserves to be loved, obeyed and worshiped by himself. God is God and I must be the worshiper.

What we are and what we have is from God, just as the light from the Moon comes from the Sun. If we take God out of our life, everything starts to get complicated. But understand: it is not that God punishes, but we are deeply dependent on the Lord. God must be the first! This is God’s system, but the world has deceived us and got right into our system. Our own intelligence made us reverse the truth and place God at our service, according to our wills. It is a mistake to think that God has punished you just because you, so far, have not put Him first. That was not it: whoever punished you was the very system of the world. If you seek God first, if you seek the implantation of His Kingdom as the first investment of your life, “all this” will be given to you in addition. (cf Mt 6:33)

Your brother, Monsignor Jonas Abib
Founder of the Canção Nova Community