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Thank you so much for the letter. It's a beautiful reminder. Mike Geniella On Dec 22, 4:14 pm, marra...@cs.com wrote: > A Christmas Eve Letter > — by Fra Giovanni Giocondo > > Fra Giovanni Giocondo (c.1435–1515) was a Renaissance pioneer, accomplished > as an architect, engineer, antiquary, archaeologist, classical scholar, and > Franciscan friar. Today we remember him most for his reassuring letter to > Countess Allagia Aldobrandeschi on Christmas Eve, 1513. > > There is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, > very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No Heaven can come to > us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven! No peace lies in > the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! > > The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is > joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see; and to > see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look. > > Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, > cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will > find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. > Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that brings it to you. > Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty: believe me, that angel's > hand is > there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing Presence. Our > joys, too: be not content with them as joys, they too conceal diviner gifts. > > Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty—beneath its > covering—that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then > to claim it: that is all! But courage you have; and the knowledge that we are > pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home. > > And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you; not quite as the world sends > greetings, but with profound esteem, and with the prayer that for you, now > and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away. > > May the Christmas season bring joy to you and those you love. > > John Miranda Raposo -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: (no subject)
Thanks John that indeed was beautifu, George On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM, mikeg wrote: > Thank you so much for the letter. It's a beautiful reminder. > > Mike Geniella > > On Dec 22, 4:14 pm, marra...@cs.com wrote: >> A Christmas Eve Letter >> — by Fra Giovanni Giocondo >> >> Fra Giovanni Giocondo (c.1435–1515) was a Renaissance pioneer, accomplished >> as an architect, engineer, antiquary, archaeologist, classical scholar, and >> Franciscan friar. Today we remember him most for his reassuring letter to >> Countess Allagia Aldobrandeschi on Christmas Eve, 1513. >> >> There is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, >> very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No Heaven can come to >> us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven! No peace lies in >> the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! >> >> The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is >> joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see; and to >> see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look. >> >> Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, >> cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will >> find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. >> Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that brings it to you. >> Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty: believe me, that angel's >> hand is >> there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing Presence. Our >> joys, too: be not content with them as joys, they too conceal diviner gifts. >> >> Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty—beneath its >> covering—that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then >> to claim it: that is all! But courage you have; and the knowledge that we are >> pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home. >> >> And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you; not quite as the world sends >> greetings, but with profound esteem, and with the prayer that for you, now >> and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away. >> >> May the Christmas season bring joy to you and those you love. >> >> John Miranda Raposo > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: (no subject)
Agreed. But the first two sentences were omitted?? See http://www.gratefulness.org/readings/fra_giovanni.htm Mahalo nui loa (Thank you very much!) Greg -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of George Pacheco Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:45 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: (no subject) Thanks John that indeed was beautifu, George On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:52 AM, mikeg wrote: > Thank you so much for the letter. It's a beautiful reminder. > > Mike Geniella > > On Dec 22, 4:14 pm, marra...@cs.com wrote: >> A Christmas Eve Letter >> — by Fra Giovanni Giocondo >> >> Fra Giovanni Giocondo (c.1435–1515) was a Renaissance pioneer, accomplished >> as an architect, engineer, antiquary, archaeologist, classical scholar, and >> Franciscan friar. Today we remember him most for his reassuring letter to >> Countess Allagia Aldobrandeschi on Christmas Eve, 1513. >> >> There is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, >> very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No Heaven can come to >> us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven! No peace lies in >> the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! >> >> The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is >> joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see; and to >> see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look. >> >> Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, >> cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will >> find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. >> Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that brings it to you. >> Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty: believe me, that angel's hand is >> there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing Presence. Our >> joys, too: be not content with them as joys, they too conceal diviner gifts. >> >> Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty—beneath its >> covering—that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then >> to claim it: that is all! But courage you have; and the knowledge that we are >> pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home. >> >> And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you; not quite as the world sends >> greetings, but with profound esteem, and with the prayer that for you, now >> and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away. >> >> May the Christmas season bring joy to you and those you love. >> >> John Miranda Raposo > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
