{"id":553,"date":"2019-04-29T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T08:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/?p=553"},"modified":"2019-06-11T21:04:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T20:04:40","slug":"ana-cristina-azevedo-finals-oblation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/news-from-the-oblate-community\/oblate-news\/ana-cristina-azevedo-finals-oblation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ana Cristina Azevedo Final&#8217;s Oblation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/news-from-the-oblate-community\/oblate-news\/ana-cristina-azevedo-finals-oblation#porto\">Para ler em Portugu\u00eas clique aqui<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many birds flying and landing in the arches and columns in the church on the evening of April 27, 2019 when I committed myself to the service of God and humanity as an Oblate of The World Community for Christian Meditation.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Everything was lovely and as I begin to write it has all come back to me.&nbsp; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ANAC-2019-04-28-at-03.02.38.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ANAC-2019-04-28-at-03.02.38.jpeg 628w, https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ANAC-2019-04-28-at-03.02.38-300x160.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My first experience of Christian Meditation came through a talk given by Dom Laurence Freeman on Youtube, I felt a complete identification with the Spirituality of the Community. It was like I had tried on several different outfits to compare them &#8211; one was kind of OK, another a little better, some were too big etc.; and then I &nbsp;tried one which fitted perfectly.&nbsp; Yes, my searching was over.&nbsp; Perfect! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> From that time John Main and Laurence Freeman have been my main spiritual teachers,&nbsp; of course I also read the works of other spiritual teachers such as Thomas Keating, Henri Nowen, and other great names in our Christian tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more contact I\nhave with this tradition, the more I want to share the fruits that Meditation has brought, &nbsp;and continues to bring, to my life.&nbsp; &nbsp;I\ncoordinate a Christian Meditation group in Cotia, Brazil and practice\nmeditation with children. I also meditate with my Clients to whom I attend as a\npsychotherapist. My wish is that more people could enjoy the fruits of this\nWay, of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\nthis journey I have read,\nand been guided by, the Rule of St. Benedict.&nbsp; The&nbsp; moment I put my eyes on his opening words: &#8220;Listen,\nson, the precepts of the Master.&#8221; I felt he was speaking directly to me.&nbsp; I realized I was a daughter of Benedict of\nNursia.&nbsp; His words spoke to my\nheart in a way that made me feel warm and filled with love.&nbsp; I found it reassuring.&nbsp;&nbsp; It confirmed for me my call to become an Oblate\nof the World Community for Christian Meditation, the community in which I have\nmade my Home.&nbsp; In our Monastery Without Walls,\nwe are all brothers and sisters of a&nbsp;\nfamily that welcomes joys and sorrows and seeks to understand and\nrespect each others\nspiritual journey &nbsp;because\nwe speak\nthe same language: the language of\nthe &nbsp;heart. That&#8217;s why I agree with\nSaint Benedict when he talks about the importance of the genre of the cenobites,\nwho live in community &nbsp;which&nbsp; helps &nbsp;reflection\nand fulfillment of the three vows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One\nof them, Stability \/ fidelity\nto this path,\nis guaranteed to me spontaneously through daily meditation, the study of the\nRule, reading the\ntexts of John Main and Laurence Freeman. I say spontaneously because I delight in\nthese readings and try to always put them into practice as they resonate true in\nme.&nbsp; Of course, the harmony and balance\nbetween the interior and exterior are in continuous process of change.&nbsp; We encounter our dark sides we sometime\nattempt to escape induced by our ego and at these times we it is a comfort\nknowing I am part of a community that supports each other in falls, and\nrecoveries. Being part of a loving community enables growth in security and trust, because\nwe know we are all pilgrims together\non this journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunring\nto the three precepts: Stability, Obedience and Conversion.&nbsp; Stability can be guaranteed by our discipline\nto meditate twice a day in\nthe morning and in the evening; and to a daily reading from the\nRule of Saint Benedict.&nbsp; My daily readings are teaching me a lot about\nthe importance place Community holds in Benedictine spirituality and how\nStability, Obedience and Conversion are completely related to each other.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;About (or &#8216;as for&#8217;) the\nvow of Obedience. I would say that it\nis\nto obey the signs of the Spirit\nand &nbsp;that is much &nbsp;easier to perceive when we practice the\nteachings of John Main and the Community,\nmeditate twice a day allowing the Mantra to be &nbsp;our compass.\n&nbsp;And in that sense, we can say that the\ncommitment to one vow\nfeeds the commitment to the\nothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversion\nis to remain open to transformation.&nbsp; It\nis dynamic and constant. . Meditation enables any inadequacies of our personality to emerge\nfrom our depths &nbsp;and by becoming aware of them in the light of\nthe Rule of St. Benedict\nand &nbsp;of the wisdom of the\nChristian Meditation tradition,\nthey can\nbe healed and in\nthe furnace ardent Love of the Holy Spirit,&nbsp; transformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditation\nreally creates Community,\nCommunity of Love &#8230; and that\nis why the World Community of Christian &nbsp;Meditation means a home to me. &nbsp;&nbsp;It teaches the principles, the\nprecepts, the way of life that\nI &nbsp;wish\/want &nbsp;to follow.&nbsp;\nIt is like a family, having almost the same DNA, something that is far beyond I could\never explain, a sample of Life in the Kingdom.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/anac2-2019-04-28-at-03.02.39-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/anac2-2019-04-28-at-03.02.39-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/anac2-2019-04-28-at-03.02.39-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/anac2-2019-04-28-at-03.02.39-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oblates.wccm.org\/v2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/anac2-2019-04-28-at-03.02.39.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>After I had made my Final Oblation, a friend showed me a photo they had taken during the Ceremony and in it there were two birds perched on the altar column &#8211; the friend told me that they had stayed that way throughout the Mass.&nbsp; Remembering the symbol of the Christian Meditation Community is two birds I saw it as a sign for me that All Nature was in celebration!!!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;With Love, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ana\nCristina Moraes Azevedo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Brazil &#8211; 27\/04\/2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"porto\"><strong>Portugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Havia muitos p\u00e1ssaros voando e pousando nos arcos e colunas&nbsp; na igreja onde fiz&nbsp; meus votos finais para ser Oblata no&nbsp; final da tarde do&nbsp; dia 27 de abril deste ano. Tudo era encantador, e eu me lembrava que &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Desde a primeira vez que entrei em contato com a Medita\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3, por meio de uma confer\u00eancia de Dom Laurence Freeman no Youtube, senti uma total identifica\u00e7\u00e3o com a Espiritualidade da Comunidade. Foi como que ap\u00f3s provar v\u00e1rias roupas e uma cair um pouco bem, outra melhor, outra grande, etc; encontrasse uma que me vestisse com perfei\u00e7\u00e3o. Sim. Com perfei\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partir de ent\u00e3o Laurence Freeman e John Main, t\u00eam sido meus l\u00edderes espirituais, claro que tamb\u00e9m fa\u00e7o muitas leituras de linhas afins como Thomas Keating, Henri Nowen, e grandes nomes da nossa tradi\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Cada vez mais, vem crescendo em mim um grande desejo de compartilhar o&nbsp; Bem que a Medita\u00e7\u00e3o trouxe e traz \u00e0 minha vida, coordeno um grupo em Cotia, Brasil e pratico medita\u00e7\u00e3o com crian\u00e7a e pessoas com quem converso ou atendo como psicoterapeuta, quero que muitos passem a usufruir desse t\u00e3o grande Bem, desse Caminho, do Reino; pois para mim esse \u00e9 o Verdadeiro Caminho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nesse percurso no&nbsp; momento em que li na Regra de S\u00e3o Bento: &#8220;Escuta, filho, os preceitos do Mestre&#8221;.&nbsp; percebi ser filha de Bento de N\u00farsia, ele falava ao meu cora\u00e7\u00e3o, o qual&nbsp; senti aquecido e dilatado. Tive a certeza do chamado para me tornar Oblata da Comunidade Mundial da Medita\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3, na qual encontrei meu Lar, mesmo que sem paredes somos irm\u00e3os e irm\u00e3s em uma fam\u00edlia que se acolhe nas alegrias e tristezas, e se compreende profundamente pois fala a mesma l\u00ednguagem, aquela do cora\u00e7\u00e3o. Concordo com S\u00e3o Bento quanto a import\u00e2ncia do g\u00eanero dos cenobitas, que vivem em comunidade, o que possibilita maior reflex\u00e3o e cumprimento dos tr\u00eas votos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um deles, a Estabilidade \/ fidelidade para com esse caminho, seu cumprimento me \u00e9 grantido espontaneamente por meio da medita\u00e7\u00e3o cotidiana, do estudo da Regra, dos textos de John Main e Laurence Freeman, digo espontaneamente porque me deleito com essas leituras e com a pr\u00e1tica, elas ressoam em mim. Claro que ainda a harmonia me o equil\u00edbrio entre o interior e exterior est\u00e3o em cont\u00ednuo processo, h\u00e1 momentos de encontro com nossos aspectos sombrios, h\u00e1 tentativas de fugas que nosso ego procura a elas nos induzir, contudo h\u00e1 os irm\u00e3os, que nos d\u00e3o as m\u00e3os e nos acompanham nas nossas quedas e restabelecimentos. Entretanto, a pr\u00e1tica, a leitura e a Comunidade possibilitam o crescimento da seguran\u00e7a, confian\u00e7a e o&nbsp; reconhecimento&nbsp; que estamos juntos nessa jornada, somos peregrinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sendo assim, dentro dos tr\u00eas votos: Estabilidade, Obedi\u00eancia e Convers\u00e3o; o da Estabilidade pode ser garantido pela nossa disciplina em cumprimos os dois momentos di\u00e1rios&nbsp; de medita\u00e7\u00e3o, a leitura da Regra de S\u00e3o Bento e&nbsp; dos textos referentes \u00e0 essa Espiritualidade,&nbsp; e o di\u00e1logo com a Comunidade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os tr\u00eas votos est\u00e3o, na minha experi\u00eancia, t\u00e3o relacionados uns aos outros, que muitas vezes eles se confundem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quanto ao voto da Obedi\u00eancia, seria obedecer os sinais do Esp\u00edrito que s\u00e3o&nbsp; mais f\u00e1ceis de serem percebidos com a fidelidade com que praticamos os ensinamentos de John Main e da Comunidade, os dois tempos di\u00e1rios de medita\u00e7\u00e3o, sendo o Mantra nossa b\u00fassola Caminhada. E nesse sentido o compromisso com um voto alimenta o outro voto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Convers\u00e3o \u00e9 se manter aberto \u00e0 transforma\u00e7\u00e3o, ela&nbsp; \u00e9 din\u00e2mica e constante. A Medita\u00e7\u00e3o propicia que inadequa\u00e7\u00f5es de nossa personalidade, e nossos aspectos sombrios emerjam de nossas profundezas&nbsp; e ao tomarmos consci\u00eancia deles e&nbsp; coloc\u00e1-los \u00e0 luz da Regra de S\u00e3o Bento, da sabedoria da tradi\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3 da medita\u00e7\u00e3o,&nbsp; eles possam ser curados e transformados na fornalha ardente do Esp\u00edrito Santo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> A Medita\u00e7\u00e3o realmente leva \u00e0 Comunidade, \u00e0 uma&nbsp; Comunidade de Amor&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp; e&nbsp; \u00e9 por isso que&nbsp; Comunidade Mundial de Medita\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3 significa para mim o meu LAR, a portadora dos princ\u00edpios, preceitos e&nbsp; modo de vida que desejo seguir. Significa uma fam\u00edlia, cujos membros t\u00eam partes do mesmo DNA espiritual, significa algo muito al\u00e9m do que eu conseguiria explicar, ela \u00e9 a Vida no Reino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ap\u00f3s a cerim\u00f4nia, com os votos finais feitos,&nbsp; vi em uma das fotos tirada por uma amiga,&nbsp; que havia dois p\u00e1ssaros&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pousados na coluna sobre o altar , esta amiga me falou que eles haviam ficado dessa maneira durante toda a missa, lembrando o s\u00edmbolo da Comunidade de Medita\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3. Eu senti&nbsp; que Toda a Natureza estava em festa!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Com Amor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ana Cristina Moraes Azevedo\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brasil &#8211; 27\/04\/2019&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Para ler em Portugu\u00eas clique aqui There were many birds flying and landing in the arches and columns in the church on the evening of April 27, 2019 when I committed myself to the service of God and humanity as an Oblate of The World Community for Christian Meditation.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Everything was lovely and as I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,38],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-from-the-oblate-community","8":"category-oblate-news","9":"tag-oblation","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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