{"id":18936,"date":"2017-12-21T01:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=18936"},"modified":"2017-12-16T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:38:59","slug":"encountering-the-blessing-of-god-in-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2017\/12\/21\/encountering-the-blessing-of-god-in-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Encountering the Blessing of God in Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\u201cOra, eu vos digo: Elias j\u00e1 veio, mas eles n\u00e3o o reconheceram.\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2013\/10\/pe_roger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13814 alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2013\/10\/pe_roger.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2013\/10\/pe_roger.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2013\/10\/pe_roger-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Now I say to you, Elijah has come, but they did not recognize him. <\/span><span title=\"Ao contr\u00e1rio, fizeram com ele tudo o que quiseram.\">On the contrary, they did with him whatever they wanted. <\/span><span title=\"Assim, tamb\u00e9m, o Filho do Homem ser\u00e1 maltratado por eles\u201d (Mateus 17,12).&#010;&nbsp;&#010;\">So the Son of Man will be mistreated by them &#8220;(Matthew 17:12).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Os judeus esperavam a volta de Elias;\">The Jews awaited the return of Elijah; <\/span><span title=\"ele era um profeta bem reconhecido no Antigo Testamento, era o maior dos profetas por tudo aquilo que ele significou na profecia de Israel, no ensino da vontade de Deus, pela vida austera que levou, pela amizade e intimidade que tinha com o Senhor.&#010;\">he was a well-recognized prophet in the Old Testament, he was the greatest of the prophets for all that he signified in the prophecy of Israel, in the teaching of the will of God, for the austere life he led, for the friendship and intimacy he had with the Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"ele era um profeta bem reconhecido no Antigo Testamento, era o maior dos profetas por tudo aquilo que ele significou na profecia de Israel, no ensino da vontade de Deus, pela vida austera que levou, pela amizade e intimidade que tinha com o Senhor.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"A cren\u00e7a era que Elias deveria voltar, mas n\u00e3o entenderam a l\u00f3gica divina.\">The belief was that Elijah should return, but they did not understand the divine logic. <\/span><span title=\"N\u00e3o \u00e9 que Elias se encarnaria novamente para se fazer presente, mas o \u201cesp\u00edrito\u201d de Elias.\">It is not that Elijah would incarnate again to make himself present, but the &#8220;spirit&#8221; of Elijah. <\/span><span title=\"O que ele trazia como o ardor da presen\u00e7a de Deus, no meio do povo, veio na figura de Jo\u00e3o Batista.&#010;\">What he brought as the ardor of the presence of God in the midst of the people came in the figure of John the Baptist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"O que ele trazia como o ardor da presen\u00e7a de Deus, no meio do povo, veio na figura de Jo\u00e3o Batista.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Jo\u00e3o Batista representou Elias para o povo, mas eles n\u00e3o o reconheceram, n\u00e3o \u00e9 que Jo\u00e3o fosse o Elias encarnado, mas os valores dele estavam presentes na vida de Jo\u00e3o Batista.&#010;\">John the Baptist represented Elijah to the people, but they did not recognize him, not that John was the incarnate Elijah, but his values \u200b\u200bwere present in the life of John the Baptist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Jo\u00e3o Batista representou Elias para o povo, mas eles n\u00e3o o reconheceram, n\u00e3o \u00e9 que Jo\u00e3o fosse o Elias encarnado, mas os valores dele estavam presentes na vida de Jo\u00e3o Batista.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Muitos foram ao encontro de Jo\u00e3o e deixaram-se batizar por ele, acolherem as suas palavras, por\u00e9m, muitos ca\u00e7oaram, desprezaram e ridicularizaram Jo\u00e3o, viram nele um louco ou algo parecido.&#010;\">Many went to John and were baptized for him, received his words, but many mocked, despised and ridiculed John, saw in him a madman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Muitos foram ao encontro de Jo\u00e3o e deixaram-se batizar por ele, acolherem as suas palavras, por\u00e9m, muitos ca\u00e7oaram, desprezaram e ridicularizaram Jo\u00e3o, viram nele um louco ou algo parecido.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Jesus est\u00e1 dizendo: \u201cAssim como fizeram com Jo\u00e3o, al\u00e9m de n\u00e3o o reconhecerem como um sinal prof\u00e9tico, o desprezaram, da mesma forma far\u00e3o com o Filho do Homem\u201d.\">Jesus is saying, &#8220;As they did unto John, and they did not recognize him as a prophetic sign, they despised him, even as they would do unto the Son of Man.&#8221; <\/span><span title=\"O Filho do Homem ser\u00e1 maltratado, n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 reconhecido, e sabemos que Ele, depois de tudo isso, ainda ser\u00e1 crucificado e morto pelos homens.&#010;\">The Son of Man will be mistreated, will not be recognized, and we know that He, after all this, will still be crucified and killed by men.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"O Filho do Homem ser\u00e1 maltratado, n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 reconhecido, e sabemos que Ele, depois de tudo isso, ainda ser\u00e1 crucificado e morto pelos homens.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"O desprezo \u00e9 o n\u00e3o reconhecimento, desprezar quer dizer n\u00e3o acolher, \u00e9, acima de tudo, expulsar aquela presen\u00e7a sagrada do meio das nossas vidas.&#010;\">Contempt is non-recognition, contempt means not receiving, it is, above all, expelling that sacred presence from the midst of our lives.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"N\u00e3o podemos desprezar a presen\u00e7a de Deus do nosso meio, n\u00e3o fa\u00e7amos isso de modo algum.\">We can not despise the presence of God in our midst, let us not do this at all. <\/span><span title=\"Sabemos que, se n\u00e3o fazemos isso de forma direta, n\u00f3s o fazemos pela indiferen\u00e7a, pelo pouco caso, n\u00e3o reconhecemos onde Deus se faz presente no meio de n\u00f3s.&#010;\">We know that if we do not do it directly, we do it through indifference, in the slightest case, we do not recognize where God is present in our midst.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"Sabemos que, se n\u00e3o fazemos isso de forma direta, n\u00f3s o fazemos pela indiferen\u00e7a, pelo pouco caso, n\u00e3o reconhecemos onde Deus se faz presente no meio de n\u00f3s.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Eu poderia citar a Palavra de Deus, os sacramentos, mas existem visitas de Deus ao nosso meio que s\u00e3o ignoradas e desprezadas, sobretudo, quando Deus se manifesta na pessoa do pr\u00f3ximo.\">I could quote the Word of God, the sacraments, but there are visits of God to our environment that are ignored and despised, above all, when God manifests in the person of the neighbor. <\/span><span title=\"N\u00e3o existe visita mais pr\u00f3xima de Deus em nosso meio, do que a visita d\u2019Ele por meio do sofrimento e dos sofredores.&#010;\">There is no closer visit to God in our midst than His visitation through suffering.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"N\u00e3o existe visita mais pr\u00f3xima de Deus em nosso meio, do que a visita d\u2019Ele por meio do sofrimento e dos sofredores.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"N\u00e3o quer dizer que Deus nos quer sofrendo, por\u00e9m, quando o sofrimento vem bater \u00e0 nossa porta, Deus vai \u00e0 frente para dizer que est\u00e1 sofrendo conosco e que est\u00e1 ao nosso lado.&#010;\">It does not mean that God wants us to suffer, but when suffering knocks at our door, God goes ahead to say that he is suffering with us and that he is at our side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"N\u00e3o quer dizer que Deus nos quer sofrendo, por\u00e9m, quando o sofrimento vem bater \u00e0 nossa porta, Deus vai \u00e0 frente para dizer que est\u00e1 sofrendo conosco e que est\u00e1 ao nosso lado.&#010;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Quando encontro um sofredor, algu\u00e9m sofrendo de verdade, na minha casa, na minha fam\u00edlia, na sociedade onde estamos, ali \u00e9 o lugar de nos encontrarmos com Deus, \u00e9 o lugar de acolh\u00ea-Lo, ali est\u00e1 a pessoa de Deus presente no meio\">When I meet a sufferer, someone who is truly suffering, in my home, in my family, in the society where we are, there is the place to meet God, it is the place to welcome Him, there is the person of God present in the middle <\/span><span title=\"de n\u00f3s.&#010;\">of us.<br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"N\u00e3o desprezemos o sofrimento, como se ele fosse uma maldi\u00e7\u00e3o, mas encontremos a b\u00ean\u00e7\u00e3o no sofrimento\">Let us not despise suffering, as if it were a curse, but find the blessing in suffering<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fr. 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