Considering that the Christian faith preached by Father João de Brito dismantled several Hindu principles, mainly the division of society into castes as the irreversible destiny of all human beings, soon the missionary began to suffer severe persecutions.
Finding myself on a trip and visiting some large churches, I also admired beautiful candelabra, which, as the tour guide told us, once held the Easter candle. I wonder: why aren’t they still used for this purpose, instead of putting the paschal candle on a normal stand as is commonly done in churches?
We should certainly ask ourselves where we are now, not only in terms of the fight against the virus, but also in terms of our spiritual response to the situation that we are facing all over the world.