martes, 19 de diciembre de 2017

Juana.-

Juana held her breath and made a Little noise. The song of the Pearl was loud in Kino'head. This shiny Pearl would make all of Kino's dreams come true.




Kino picked the Pearl out of the oyster and held it in his open hand.




He turned the Pearl over and saw that it was very beautiful.



Juana looked at the Pearl in Kino's hand.



That hand had hit the doctor's gate. The broken flesh had turned grey and White in the sea water.



Without thinking Juana went to Coyotito, who was lying on his father's blanket.




Juana lifted the seaweed and looked at Coyotito'shoulder.




Kino, she cried suddenly.




Kino looked up and saw thet the poison was going out of the baby'shoulder.




The men in the other canoes, looked up, surprised.




Then they paddle quickly towards Kino canoe.





Kino finds a pearl.

The litlle wooden houses of the fishing people were built near the beach on the right of the town.



There were canoes in front of the houses.



Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe. Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe.


Kino and Juana came slowly down the beach to Kino canoe.



Kino canoe was the most valuable thing he owned.


The canoe was very old.


It had belonged to Kino father and grandfather in the old days.



Now it belonged to Kino.


A canoe was valuable because a man could get food with it.


If a man had a canoe he could always give a woman something to eat.



Kino covered his canoe with plaster .



The plaster hardener on the outside of the canoe and made it strong and safe.



Now Kino came to the canoe.



He laid his diving Stone his basket and ropes in the bottom of the canoe.


Juana laid Coyotito on the blanket. She put her shawl over him.


Coyotito was quiet now.


Seaweed was a good medicine as the doctor could have given to Coyotito.



But because this medicine was simple and did not cost anything...did not think it was much good.







The pearl.

The doctor will not came the people in the dorrway said.



No...Kino said to Juana,The doctor will not come to us.



Juana looked at Kino...Juana's eyes were cold. Coyotito was Juana first baby.


He was the most importan thing in Juana's life.


Then we will go to the doctor-Juana said.


Juana put one end of her shawl over the baby´seyes.



The people in the doorway pushed against the people behind and Juana went out of the house
.


Kino and Juana went out of the gate to the Little path and the neighbours followed.



They were all going to the doctor with Kino and Juana.



They all walked quickly to the centre of the town.


Juana and Kino were first.


All the neighbours and their children were following-


The sun made black shadows moved quickly towards the town.


They came to a place where the Little wooden houses ended and the Stone houses began.


The city had houses with big walls and cool gardens.


Red and White flowers hung over the walls.


Juana and Kino could hear Little birds in cages singing in the gardens.


The poor people crossed the square and passed in front of the church.


More people were following Kno and Juana now.


Everyone was talking about Coyotito and the Scorpion.


The People knew that Kino and Juana were talking their baby to the doctor.


domingo, 17 de diciembre de 2017

Continuamos con la historia de Coyotito...

Suddenly the sun came up out of the sea.
 

The sun was bright that Kino covered smell the cornakes cooking too.


A thin frightened dog came up and lay down next to Kino.


The morning was beautiful like every other morning.


Kino Heard Juana take Coyotito out of his hangging box.


Juana washed the baby and pulled her shawl round him.


She held Coyotito close and fed him.



Kino could hear these things without looking at them.



Juana was singing an old song.



She sang the song in many different ways.



The song conforted Kino



The song comforted Coyotito too.




There was a wooden fence around Kino house.




On the other side of the fence there were some more houses.



Smoke came from these house and Kino could  hear people having breakfast.


But these sounds were not like the sounds in Kino house.



His neigbours wives were not like Juana.



The morning air was not so cold now and Kino pulled the blanket from his face,



Kino was Young and strong.


His black hair hung down over his Brown forehead.


He had hard bright eyes and a thin strong moustache.



Yellow sunlight fell on the house.



Near the wooden fence two cookelers started to fight,



Kino watched some birds flying towards the hills,


The world was awake now.



Kino got up and went into his Little wooden house, 



Juana was sitting near the fire. She got up as Kino came through the door.


Juana put Coyotito back into his hanging box



Then she combed her black hair and tied it back with thin Green ribbon.



Kino sat by the fire and ate  a hot cornake.



He only had corncakes and milk for breakfast.



When Kino had finished eating Juana came back to the fire.



She ate her breakfast too.



Kino and Juana were both happy.


There was no need to talk.



The sun was warming the Little house. The light shone through the holes in the walls.



The light shone on Coyotito.



Coyotito was in his hanging box,



Something moved on one of the ropes,



Kino and Juana stood quite still and looked.



A scorpion was coming slowly down the rope and his tail was straight out behind.










sábado, 16 de diciembre de 2017

Kino, Juana and Coyotito.-

Kino wake up early in the morning. The stars were still shining in the sky.


The cockerels were beginning to crow and the pigs were looking for something to eat.


Outside the Little wooden house, some birds were singing and moving in the bushes.


Kino opened his eyes and looked at the light coming in the door.


Then he looked at the box where his son, Coyotito, was sleeping.


The box hung  on ropes from the roof.


Lastly, Kino turned his head towards Juana, his wife.


Juana eyes were open.


Her eyes were always open when Kino woke up.


Juana had eyes like Little stars.


She was looking at Kino as he woke up.


Kino could hear the sound of the waves on the beach.


The sound of the waves was like music in the early morning.


Kino blanket covered his nose because the air was cold.


He turned his head and saw Juana.


She went to the hanging box where Coyotito slept.


She bent over and conforted Coyotito.


The baby looked up for a momento, then closed his eyes and slept again.

viernes, 15 de diciembre de 2017

Los milagros de nuestro señor Jesucristo.

Estamos preparándonos para estas fiestas...que tal si conocemos un poco más acerca de la vida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo?


Desde hacia largo tiempo los profetas a quienes Dios había confiado la misión de preparar el advenimiento de su Cristo, había anunciado que el Redentor prometido se manifestaría por numerosos y extraños prodigios...


Jesús aportaba a los hombres una enseñanza Nueva...enseñanza llena de misterios... 


Jesús probaba que El era el enviado de Dios y que por consiguiente su Enseñanza podría también ser mirada como previamente en lo alto.


Jesús se presentaba como el Salvador tanto de los Judíos como de los paganos como el Hijo de Dios.   



Mediante los milagros Jesús Manifestó su gloria.


En él la humanidad se muestra en todos sus aspectos...nace...crece...tiene hambre y sed...se halla sometido a la fatiga y a la tristeza...se le persigue, se le condena y muere en la Cruz.



La vida de Jesús termina en un terrible fracaso y en una profunda humillación.




El pueblo judío vivía en una profunda atmósfera de milagro como ningún otro pueblo de la Tierra lo ha hecho después de él.


Los judíos creían que todas sus fuerzas en los prodigios del antiguo Testamento de los que estaban profundamente orgullosos.


El Mesías del que esperaban con tanto ardor debía ser una de cuyas notas más esenciales y distintivas
 



Nos complacemos en repetir que en la vida de Cristo todo ha sido milagro, desde el comienzo -la encarnación en el Cuerpo de la Virgen María-hasta el fin-la resurrección y ascensión-





Su fama se extendía cada día más de manera que los Pueblos acudían a oírle y a ser curado de sus enfermedades.



La entrada principal del Salvador en Jerusalén fue testigo de varias curaciones milagrosas.




Las profecías del Salvador son también milagros muy reales.



Un signo no es necesariamente un milagro pero todos los prodigios de Jesucristo son signos.



Los cuatro Evangelistas emplean este nombre, especialmente San Juan.





Los milagros de Jesús tienen sus equivalentes en los libros de la Antigua Alianza, donde los milagros son también llamados a veces prodigios, fuerzas, signos, obras.


Hemos visto que los Milagros de Nuestro Señor son incalculables.



Los milagros del Evangelio considerados en su conjunto, forman un todo admirable que no deja nada que desear y que nos da una idea perfecta de la omnipotencia y de la infinita bondad de Nuestro Señor.


Durante los primeros años, Jesús permanece en Nazareth...humilde, desconocido, obedeciendo a María y José, creciendo en edad y Sabiduría.


Cuándo comenzó su vida pública ocurrió a menudo a los milagros, los cuáles tenían por objeto demostrar su misión divina y añadir prestigio a su Enseñanza. 




Los milagros del amor son los que tienen como fin inmediato aliviar los sufrimientos físicos y morales de la humanidad.



Los milagros de poder pueden ser clasificados en cuatro grupos...existen los milagros llamados de Creación, tales como el cambio de agua en vino y la multiplicación de los panes...los milagros producidos por la transformación , los que suponen una victoria llevada sobre voluntades enemigas y finalmente los milagros de destrucción, de los que el Evangelio n nos da más que un solo ejemplo.





Los doctores de la ley, testigos en varias ocasiones de las curaciones milagrosas que cumplía Jesús, se cuidaron muy bien de protestar o de declarar que todo no era carácter sobrenatural de éstos hechos .




En Jerusalén, los escribas y los fariseos no estaban de ninguna manera dispuestos a creer en los milagros del Salvador...



La Escritura nos enseña que Dios resiste a los soberbios y da su gracia a los humildes.




Jesús es por lo menos un hombre de gran sabiduría de una santidad que constituye un modelo de perfección para la humanidad.



Dios ha establecido en la Iglesia en primer lugar a los Apóstoles, en segundo lugar a los profetas, en tercer lugar a los doctores, luego a los que tienen el don de los milagros, después a los que tienen la gracia de curar.




Gracias a sus dones especiales y a sus vastos conocimientos Jesús podía obtener resultados inesperados, inexplicables para quiénes eran testigos de ellos, aún cuándo no hubieran pasado nunca los límites del dominio natural. 




Si damos crédito a los protestantes liberales, Jesús fue una especie de curandero maravilloso...




Entre los milagros de Jesús hay muchos que provienen de la tradición, muchos que eran subjetivos...


Las curaciones que fueron operadas con el concurso de Jesús tuvieron realidad.



En Jerusalén, Nuestro Señor había obrado numerosos milagros...Cuándo regresó después a Galilea, sus compatriotas lo recibieron con entusiasmo ya que ellos también habían concurrido a las fiestas.



Es evidente que Jesús obraba sus milagros de buena gana...



Muchas otras religiones afirman también que sus fundadores o sus héroes han obrado numerosos prodigios pero estos pretendidos milagros no tienen ninguna realidad histórica....




Pero qué  sería de Jesús sin los milagros...Jesús no sería más que un hombre común, sujetos a las enfermedades de nuestra Naturaleza...


Debemos admirar también la noble serenidad, la perfecta sencillez con las cuáles Jesús cumplía sus prodigios...



El poder milagroso de Jesús era ilimitado.


Curaba a los enfermos, echaba a los demonios...


Todo el mundo procuraba tocarle, ya que salía una virtud que sanaba a todos...



La facilidad con la cuál Jesús cumple sus milagros es asombrosa...lanza los demonios, sana a los enfermos, calma la tempestad, transforma los elementos, resucita a los muertos con un sólo gesto o con una sola palabra...



El primer milagro Jesús lo hizo en Caná de Galilea al comenzar su vida Pública.



Los verdaderos milagros de Nuestro Señor ponen de manifiesto el carácter divino de su misión.




Es mi deseo que en estas Fiestas que se aproximan, puedas festejarlas según tus creencias...no importa si no eres católico, todas las religiones son válidas y a veces necesitamos aferrarnos  a ellas para sostenernos en nuestro camino que es la vida...


Solo es mi deseo que celebremos estas fiestas rodeados de amor, de nuestros seres queridos, de nuestros familiares y amigos y brindemos agradeciendo por el solo hecho de contar con un solo dia más de vida, por el hecho de poder celebrar agradeciendo.
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martes, 12 de diciembre de 2017

Modern factory.-

Last year we visited a large modern Factory where they make window glass.




We first saw workmen mixing sand and other materials together in the right amounts.




Then they added some broken glass to the mixture as this helps it to melt.




They then fed the mixture into a big hot oven.




At the far end of the oven, a stream of liquid glass came out.




Here some men lowered a metal frame into the liquid.




As the frame came up, it pulled away a hot sheet of glass.




Special rollers took hold of the sheet at either side and carried it upwards.




Our guide told us that at this stage it was necessary for the glass to cool slowly as  this would make it very strong.




At a height of 30 feet, the sheet of glass became cool and another machine cut it into big pieces which workmen stored away together.



The glass was now ready for use.