o livro de vassula e o comentário do cardeal grech

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O livro de Vassula, O Cu Real, mas o inferno tambm, publicado no ano passado, recebeu umaimportante crtica do Cardeal Prospero Grech, confira abaixo:

Mensagens para toda a humanidade, revistas por um Cardeal que as estudou...

Vassilik Claudia Pendakis, habitualmente chamada Vassula, Rydn, de casada, conhecida principalmentepelas suas mensagens publicadas em mais de 50 idiomas atravs dos livros de A Verdadeira Vida em Deus(TLIG / AVVD). Ela afirma que essas mensagens, escritas em uma caligrafia muito diferente da sua prpria, soditadas pelo seu anjo Daniel, por Deus, por Cristo, ou, pela Bem-aventurada Virgem Maria. Elas certamente tmmuitos leitores de todas as denominaes crists que se alimentam de sua espiritualidade.Embora nascida na f grego ortodoxa, Vassula no era uma crist praticante na poca

de sua juventude; na verdade, ela era uma mulher que levava uma vida bastantemundana, jogava tnis muito bem, atuava como modelo e pintora. O seuconhecimento da f era mnimo, embora adolescente tenha tido experincias msticasde ser livrada de alguns ataques do maligno, ou de ser transportada para o passado,por exemplo, para assistir crucifixo de Jesus.

Vassula estava com quarenta e quatro anos, vivendo em Bangladesh, quando suaprimeira experincia mstica aconteceu, uma experincia que levou sua converso ea uma progressiva conscincia do quanto tinha sido favorecida por Deus e estavasendo chamada para uma misso especfica. Como ela nunca lera qualquer livro deteologia, seu conhecimento sobre o assunto foi obtido atravs das mensagens que recebeu.

Vassula acabou por dar palestras sobre as mensagens em todo o mundo, muitas vezes para grandes multides depessoas. Como o seu sucesso cresceu, e muitos catlicos estivessem participando de suas reunies, isso nopoderia deixar de provocar uma reao da Igreja Catlica. A Igreja tem sido sempre muito cautelosa em relaos revelaes privadas. Em 1995, a Congregao para a Doutrina da F (CDF) publicou uma "notificao",orientando os bispos e o clero a proibir os fiis de participarem de suas reunies, pois havia dvidas sobre aautenticidade de tais revelaes. Em seguida a um pedido apresentado por Vassula, a CDF decidiu entrar emdilogo com ela, e formulou algumas perguntas sobre ela e suas mensagens. Escrevi pessoalmente para ela emnome da CDF. Sua resposta foi precisa e sincera, ento, acreditou-se que a CDF se satisfez. O ento Prefeito daCDF, o Cardeal Ratzinger, concedeu-lhe uma audincia, e a correspondncia foi interpretada como permissopara deixar a cargo dos bispos decidirem. No entanto, em 2007, o sucessor de Ratzinger, o Cardeal Levadareiterou que a notificao ainda estava em vigor.

Os ortodoxos no foram menos hostis para com sua irm de f. Enquanto alguns patriarcas mostraram-sefavorveis, outros atacaram e ameaaram-na ferozmente, at mesmo de morte. Entretanto ela ainda continuadivulgando serenamente suas mensagens em todo o mundo.

Este o ambiente em que o livro sob revista deve ser discutido. Os livros anteriores de Vassula continham apenas "mensagens" do Cu. A presente publicao uma espcie de autobiografia, apologia e um apelo; mas o seu

verdadeiro gnero literrio e teolgico apocalptico. Este termo deve serentendido no seu sentido bblico de revelaes que retratam o estado atual dahistria como um conflito entre o bem e o mal, e fornecem a chave parainterpretar os "sinais dos tempos", bem como um convite para dar ateno aosavisos de Deus.

A parte autobiogrfica coloca as mensagens no contexto do desenvolvimento daconscincia espiritual de Vassula. Repetidamente ela confessa que seu dom completamente imerecido e que s se deve graa de Deus. O leitor logo percebea sua dificuldade em aceitar esse dom que igualmente um fardo. Trechos dasmensagens so citados aqui e acol. A autora escreve com humildade, mas nodeixar margens para qualquer dvida quanto autenticidade das suas mensagens.A razo pela qual o livro pertence ao gnero apocalptico que apocalipse

significa "revelao" em grego; o escritor usa smbolos para exprimir em sonhos, vises e audies que serepetem com freqncia. A derradeira mensagem deste gnero encorajar os crentes que se encontram em umestado de stress a perseverarem na sua f e responder ao amor de Deus. A recusa em aceitar a oferta dereconciliao com Deus muitas vezes provoca ameaas de Deus, da o ttulo do livro, o cu Real, mas oinferno tambm.

O livro de leitura fcil, escrito em um estilo claro e sincero. O problema , naturalmente, se essas mensagensso realmente ditadas, e quo doutrinariamente aceitveis elas so. No sou especialista em fenmenos msticos,especialmente porque Vassula tambm teve semelhantes sensaes antes de sua converso. No entanto, mesmose reduzirmos essas mensagens ao seu mnimo denominador comum e as chamarmos meditaes pessoais,nenhuma verdadeira meditao - e Vassula uma mulher que passa horas em profunda orao o fruto doEsprito Santo. Alm disso, se o resultado dessas mensagens que elas ajudaram pessoas a se voltarem paraDeus e reformarem suas vidas, no h razo para rejeit-las sinceramente.

No encontrei neste livro nada de substancial para objetar em relao f, principalmente se ele for lido no seuprprio gnero literrio. Tambm temos que lembrar que Vassula no catlica romana, mas grega ortodoxa.Por exemplo, ela insiste que restabelecer a unidade na Igreja, com todas as confisses se curvando um poucopara convergir para Cristo, o principal objetivo do presente movimento ecumnico. Ela acusada pelos lderesreligiosos ortodoxos de ser uma agente infiltrada da Igreja romana. Como ela vislumbra esta unidade, noentanto, ainda est por ser descrito, mas evidente nas suas mensagens que ela v "Pedro", o Papa, como oprimeiro lder entre todos os irmos. De qualquer forma, a principal mensagem do presente livro transmitir aoleitor que Deus ama a todos e cada um de ns e est de braos abertos para receber qualquer pecadorarrependido. Muitos acontecimentos da histria recente so lidos luz das Revelaes de Joo como sinais parachamar o mundo a reconsiderar nossa relao com Deus, que, apesar de sua essncia ser Amor, igualmentejusto e tambm pode punir.

Tivesse este livro sido publicado mais cedo, aps a resposta de Vassula s questes colocadas pela CDF,possivelmente a deciso de aceitar a ela e s suas mensagens teria sido deixada para os bispos locais e osprocos decidirem.*** Sobre o Cardeal GrechFoi em 2002 que o Pe. Prospero Grech foi indicado pelo ento Cardeal Ratzinger para perguntar a Vassula, emnome da CDF, certas questes relativas a A Verdadeira Vida em Deus. As questes com as respostas deVassula podem ser lidas em http://www.tlig.org/pg/pgcdf.htmlPadre Grech foi feito Cardeal em 2012 e proferiu a meditao de abertura do conclave de 2013 que elegeu oPapa Francisco.

A crtica do Cardeal Grech do livro de Vassula foi publicada no nmero de Janeiro de 2014 da respeitvelrevista, Inside the Vatican. A revista pode ser lida em https://insidethevatican.com/tag/vassulla-ryden. Estapgina da web na verdade no inclui o nome do Cardeal Grech na crtica, mas o artigo original na revistaespecifica o autor, como pode ser visto na seguinte cpia da revistaoriginal: http://www.tlig.net/InsidetheVatican.pdf.

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Vassilik Claudia Pendakis, commonly called

Vassula, married Ry dn, is mainly known

through her messages published in more than 50

language versions in the True Life in God (TLIG)

books. She claims that these messages, written in

a handwriting which is different from her own,

are dictated by her angel Daniel, by God, by

Christ or by the Blessed Virgin. They certainly

have many readers from all Christian

denominations who are nourished by their

spirituality .

Although born in the Greek Orthodox faith,

Vassula was not a practicing Christian in her

earlier y ears; in fact, she was quite a worldly y oung woman who play ed tennis well,

modelled and painted. Her knowledge of the faith was at a minimum, though as a

teenager she had some my stical experiences of being delivered from some imminent

ev il, or of being transported into the past, for example, to assist at Jesus crucifix ion.

Vassula was in her 40s, liv ing in Bangladesh, when her first my stical experience

occurred, an experience that led to her conversion and a progressive awareness that

she had been favored by God and was being called to a specific mission. As she had

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never read any books of theology , her knowledge of this subject is due to the messages

she received.

Vassula ended up by giv ing talks based on the messages all over the world, sometimes

to huge crowds of people. As her success grew, and many Catholics were taking part in

her meetings, this could not but provoke a reaction from the Catholic Church. The

Church has alway s been very wary of private revelations. In 1995, the Congregation for

the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) published a notification, warning bishops, clergy and

the faithful against certain aspects of her writings, as there were doubts about the

authenticity of these revelations. Subsequent to a request by Vassula, the CDF decided

to enter into dialogue with her and formulated some questions regarding her and her

messages. I personally wrote to her in the name of the CDF. Her response was precise

and sincere, so it was thought that the CDF was satisfied. The then-Prefect of the CDF,

Cardinal Ratzinger, gave her an audience, and the correspondence was interpreted as

permission to leave it to the bishops to decide. In 2007 , however, Ratzingers

successor Cardinal Levada reiterated that the Notification was still in force.

The Orthodox were no less hostile to their own co-religionist. While some patriarchs

showed themselves favorable, others attacked and threatened her fiercely , even with

death. She still goes on, however, delivering imperturbably her messages all over the

world.

This is the climate in which the book under rev iew is to

be discussed. Vassulas prev ious books had contained

just messages from Above. The present publication is

a sort of autobiography , apologia and appeal; but its

true literary and theological genre is apocaly ptic. This

term should be understood in its biblical sense of

revelations that portray the present status of history as

a conflict between good and ev il and prov ide a key to

interpret the signs of the times, as well as an inv itation

to heed Gods warnings.

The autobiographic part places the messages in the

context of Vassulas developing spiritual awareness. She

repeatedly confesses that her gift is totally unmerited

and that it is only due to Gods favor. The reader

immediately perceives her difficulty in accepting such a

gift which is equally a burden. Snatches of the messages are quoted here and there. The

author writes with humility but will entertain no doubts as to the authenticity of her

messages. The reason why the book belongs to the apocaly ptic genre is that apocaly pse

means revelation in Greek; the writer uses sy mbols to express himself or herself in

dreams, v isions and auditions that recur frequently . The ultimate message in this genre

is to encourage believers who find themselves in a state of stress to persevere in their

faith and respond to Gods love. The refusal to accept Gods offer of reconciliation often



provokes threats from God, hence the books title, Heaven is Real, But So is Hell.

The volume makes easy reading, written in a clear sty le and with sincerity . The problem

is, of course, whether these messages are really dictated, and how doctrinally

acceptable they are. I am no expert in my stical phenomena, especially as Vassula also

had similar sensations prior to her conversion. However, even if we reduce these

messages to their least common denominator and call them personified meditations,

any true meditation and Vassula is a woman who spent hours in deep pray er is the

fruit of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, if the outcome of these messages is that they have

helped people to turn to God and reform their lives, there is no reason to reject them

outright.

I have found nothing substantial to object to as regards faith in this book, especially if it

is read in its proper literary genre. We also have to keep in mind that Vassula is not a

Roman Catholic, but Greek Orthodox. For example, she insists that reestablishing unity

in the Church by all confessions bending a bit to converge toward Christ is the main

purpose of the present ecumenical movement. She is accused by her co-religionists as

being a Roman infiltrator. How she envisions this unity , however, is still to be defined,

but it is clear from her messages that she sees Peter, the Pope, to be a first leader

among brethren. Any way , the main message of the present volume is to convey to the

reader that God loves each and every one of us and stands with open arms to receive

any repentant sinner. Many events in recent history are read in the light of Johns

Revelation as signs to recall the world to reconsider our relationship with God, who,

though his essence is Love, is also just and can also punish.

Had this book been published earlier, after Vassulas response to the questions put to

her by the CDF, perhaps the decision to accept her and her messages would have been

left to the local bishops and parish priests to decide.

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