Divaldo Pereira Franco's Death

 

The medium and spiritualist speaker Divaldo Pereira Franco passed away at 9:45 p.m. on May 13, at the age of 98, in Salvador, Bahia. Divaldo dedicated his entire life to spreading spiritualism, alongside his counterpart Chico Xavier. 

A statement issued by Mansão do Caminho, an institution created by Divaldo, reads as follows: 

"The medium, spiritualist speaker and ambassador of peace in the world Divaldo Pereira Franco returned to the Spiritual Homeland today at 9:45 p.m. at the age of 98. Divaldo dedicated his life to the Spiritist Cause and to loving his fellow man in Salvador and around the world." 

The wake will be held at the Ginásio da Mansão do Caminho, on Thursday, at 10 am, in Salvador, and from 9 am to 8 pm, at the Bosque da Paz cemetery. 

By Marcio Varela

Yearning and Prayer

Lord! ...

I know You have bestowed to us all

A post or a mission.

You do not promote anything purposelessly,

You do nothing in vain.

To the star You granted

The blessing of supporting itself

And shining without a veil,

Just like it happens to the Sun that leads us

Through the pathways of Heaven.

You assigned it to the Earth

The compose and recompose function

In the way the work concedes us

The science of love.

You put at the sea the immense endowment

Of manifesting your power

And in the fountain, the privilege of teaching us

The humility as norm and the forgiveness as duty.

You have commissioned the friendly trees,

In which the lesson of good is expressed and

condensed,

For the task of keeping your life

And assisting without reward.

You donated the flower the gift of scenting And You put on the road the gift of driving

To the birds, You conceded the music,

To the wind, the sweet ministry of serving.

Everything filters your sovereign glory,

Everything exalts your law,

For this reason, I myself recognize

That I am almost nothing, and almost nothing do I

know.

But if I may ask you something,

Please convert, Lord, my very imperfection

Into a tiny channel that shows You

The strength of goodness and the light of

compassion.

MARIA DOLORES

(Source Marked Hands - Francisco Cândido Xavier - Diverse spirits)