...tantas Saudades...!!!: March 2007

...tantas Saudades...!!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Ainda Nâo

And today, I should be at the feet of your final resting place here on God's Green Earth -
this world that is defiled in so many insidious ways by other men...

You are in God's Domain now, Father - You are in a far better place

We shall see each other again, Pai.
Just Not Yet. Not Yet...!

Labels: commemorative, pai, santo

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Era... E É Sempre

I should be here today
My father's most favorite place in all the land
In all the island of Montreal, actually
I should be there to honor his memory there, once more
On this day, a year to the day after he departed
His sudden departure is still so fresh
The memory of it so vivid
But so are the pleasant memories
Of summers past
When dad took his entire little family,
kins and visitors,
to his most favorite place in town -
to the Oratory

I do not pray he is now with Brother André
-the founder of the fabled Oratory-
or with St-Joseph himself, after whom the Oratory is named - we imagine those two standing together now, in Paradise, with all the saints, angels... Forever Blissful in His Presence: The Creator God...

No - I do not pray that he is in a little corner there, with them...

I know he is with them

He has earned his place alongside them

This statue of Saint Joseph has been on display upon the mountain in Montreal since 1917 - a significant year as it is when Saint Joseph's bride, the Virgin Mary, appeared in Fatima, Portugal. My father's two favorite places of pilgrimage were thus linked in more than one way.

La statue de saint Joseph, dans la crypte, accueille les pèlerins depuis 1917. C'est une oeuvre de style classique taillée dans le marbre de Carrare par le sculpteur italien A. Giacomini.

Esta estatua de Sao José, na cripta do Oratorio em Montreal, fui salva da primeira guerra mundiale e està là desde 1917 - o ano mesmo que Sao José apareceu ao lado da Virgem Maria em Fatima aqueles tres pastorinhos santinhos. Isto é mais uma ligaçâo direita entre os dois lugares preferidos que o meu pai tinha neste mundo; dois lugares de devoçâo lindissimos; dois lugares de Fé pura e verdadeira.

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Labels: childhood reminiscence, commemorative, luminous fotografia, Music, pai, santo

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

1934

O Dia Do Seu Aniversario

Nascido no Rosario da Lagoa em 1934
Um 14 de Março...
João Jacinto Borges Pimentel

Il y a un an
Qu'il n'est plus patient
Il était mon meilleur ami
Mais, de fait, c'est encore lui
Le plus patient de tous les gens
qu'il m'est était donné de connaître

Jà faz um ano
que ele partiu
O meu melhor amigo
O meu pai querido
Perfeito exemplo de mancidão
Santo João

And now, time has gone by
I know, I too will die
One day, we will be side-by-side
Once again - none will divide
However, for the time being
I have to continue living

Sans Jean
Sem João
Without John

MEU SANTO PAI
MON SAINT PÈRE
MY SAINTLY DAD

Eu vou te ver outra vez - no dia do Juiz
Je te reverrais - le Jour du Jugement Dernier
I will see you again - when Kingdom Come

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Labels: commemorative, pai, simulpost

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