1. What is God?
“God is the Supreme Intelligence, the first cause of all things.” ¹
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”²
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” ³
PRAYER OF THE DAY — MARCH 9, 2026
Bishop Bruno Leonardo
"I Can Do All Things Through Him Who Strengthens Me”
PRAYER OF THE DAY — MARCH 9, 2026
“I Can Do All Things Through Him Who Strengthens Me”
Morning Prayer with Bishop Bruno Leonardo
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ORAÇÃO DO DIA 09 DE MARÇO — TUDO POSSO NAQUELE QUE ME FORTALECE
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THE MIRACLE OF THE SUN IN FATIMA
Message of Prayer for Peace
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Hope, Reasoning Faith, Love and Charity
Hope, reasoning faith, love and charity form the spiritual foundation upon which a just and compassionate civilization must be built.
Hope gives courage to continue even in the darkest moments.
Reasoning faith — a faith guided by reflection and discernment — protects the human spirit from fanaticism and despair.
Love unites human beings in mutual respect and compassion.
Charity transforms faith into action.
This vision is deeply aligned with the spiritual philosophy codified by Allan Kardec, which emphasizes moral progress, responsibility, and compassion as essential principles of spiritual evolution.
One of the central teachings of Spiritism is expressed in its well-known moral principle:
“Outside charity there is no salvation.”
This phrase summarizes the ethical heart of the doctrine: salvation is not achieved through ritual or dogma alone, but through acts of love, compassion, forgiveness and service to others."
Preface of The Gospel According to Spiritism
in which The Spirit of Truth explains the purpose of the work.
PREFACE
The Spirits of the Lord, who are the Virtues of Heaven, move as does an immense army upon receiving orders from their commander spreading out over the face of the Earth and, similar to the stars which fall one after another from the skies, are come to illumine pathways and open the eyes of those who cannot see.
In truth I say unto you the times are come when all things will be established in their true light, when the darkness shall be dissipated, the prideful confounded and the just glorified.
The great voices of Heaven reverberate like the sound of trumpets and the choirs of angels assemble. Mankind, we are inviting you to this divine concert. Take up the harp and lift up your voices in unison so that, in a sacred chorus, the sound may extend and reecho from one extreme of the universe to the other.
Fellow beings, beloved brothers and sisters, we are here beside you. Love one another and say from the bottom of your hearts: Lord! Lord! In so doing you fulfill the wishes of the Father who is in Heaven; then you too may enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
The Gospel According to Spiritism
“The matters contained in the Gospels can be divided into five parts:
the common acts of Christ’s life;
the miracles;
the predictions;
the words that were used to establish the dogmas of the Church;
and the moral teachings.
If the first four parts have been the object of controversy, the last has remained unassailable.
Before this divine code, incredulity itself bows down.
It is the ground upon which all religions meet; it is the banner under which all may gather, whatever their beliefs may be, because it has never been the subject of religious dispute, which have always and everywhere arisen from questions of dogma.
Moreover, by discussing it, the sects themselves would find in it their own condemnation, since the majority of them attach themselves more to the mystical than to the moral part, which demands the reform of each individual.
For humanity in particular, it constitutes the rule of conduct that should guide individuals and nations in their relations with one another.
It contains the solution to the problems of social life which no other doctrine has yet resolved.”
Charity as the Highest Moral Principle
Spiritism teaches that charity is not limited to material assistance.
True charity includes:
kindness toward others
love for God and for all your neighbours
forgiveness of offenses
patience with human imperfections
compassion for those who suffer
As Kardec explains in the moral teachings of Spiritism, charity reflects the universal law of love taught by Jesus.
A Universal Moral Vision
The convergence between:
biblical teachings about hope and faith
the message of prayer and mercy in Christianity
and the ethical principle of charity emphasized by Spiritism
reveals a shared moral foundation.
At its core lies a simple but profound message:
Hope strengthens the spirit.
Faith illuminates the path.
Love unites humanity.
Charity transforms the world.
When these principles guide human life, despair loses its power, and the dignity of every human being is preserved.
The Promised Comforter – The Third Revelation
In the Christian tradition, divine guidance to humanity is often described as unfolding through successive stages of spiritual revelation.
Within Spiritism, these stages are understood as three great moments in the progressive education of humanity:
1️⃣ The First Revelation – Moses and the Law
2️⃣ The Second Revelation – Jesus and the Gospel
3️⃣ The Third Revelation – The Consoler Promised by Christ
This understanding was articulated by Allan Kardec, the codifier of Spiritism.
Moses – The Law
Moses brought the foundation of moral law through the Ten Commandments.
These commandments established principles that protect human life, family and justice.
Through Moses, humanity received the structure of moral discipline necessary for social order.
Jesus – The Spirit of the Law
Centuries later, Jesus deepened the moral law by teaching that true righteousness must begin within the heart.
In the Sermon on the Mount, he revealed a higher ethical vision grounded in mercy, humility and love.
> Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
Source:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-5-9/
Jesus also summarized the moral law in a universal principle of love.
> Matthew 22:39 (KJV)
“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Source:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-22-39/
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The Promise of the Comforter
Before his death, Jesus promised that another spiritual guide would come to help humanity understand his teachings more deeply.
> John 14:16–17 (KJV)
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him.
Source:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-14-16_14-17/
Jesus also said:
> John 16:13 (KJV)
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth."
Source:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-16-13/
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The Spirit of Truth and the Third Revelation
According to Spiritism, the Consoler promised by Christ manifests through the teachings of the Spirit of Truth, communicated by enlightened spirits and organized by Allan Kardec in the nineteenth century.
Kardec wrote:
> “Spiritism comes, in the appointed time, to fulfill the promise of Christ.”
In this perspective, Spiritism does not replace the Gospel but seeks to clarify and deepen its meaning, reconciling spiritual teachings with reason and scientific inquiry.
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Reasoned Faith
One of the central ideas in Kardec’s work is the concept of reasoned faith, which harmonizes belief with rational understanding.
CHAPTER 19 - FAITH TRANSPORTS MOUNTAINS
THE POWER OF FAITH
1. And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man, kneeling down to Him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for of times he falleth into the fire, and oftimes into the water. And I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, 0 faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said, Why could we not cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief For verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto the mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matthew, 17:14-20).
2. In one sense it is certain that confidence in one's own strength gives Man the capacity to carry out material things which he would not be able to do if he doubted himself. However, here we wish to deal exclusively with the moral sense of these words. The mountains which faith can transport are the difficulties, the resistances, the ill will, in fact all those things which Man has to face, even when we refer to good things. The prejudices, routines, materialistic interests, selfishness, the blindness of fanaticism and the prideful passions are but a few of the mountains which block the way of those who work for human progress. Robust faith gives perseverance, energy and resources which allow us to overcome these obstacles, be they large or small. From wavering faith results only uncertainty and the kind of hesitation which those adversaries we need to combat take advantage of; this faith does not even try to find the means to win because it does not believe it can.
3. Another acceptance of the term gives us to understand that faith is the confidence we have in the realization of something, and the certainty of attaining a specific end. It gives us a kind of lucidness which permits us to see, in thought, the goal we wish to reach and the means of getting there, so that those who have faith go forward, in a manner of speaking, with absolute security. In either one of these cases, it can give place to the realization of great things.
Faith which is real and sincere is always calm; it permits patience which knows how to wait, because having its foundation in intelligence and the understanding of life, it is certain of reaching the objective it aspires to. Vacillating faith feels its own weakness; when its interest is aroused it becomes frenzied and thinks it can supply the force it lacks by using violence. Calmness during the struggle is always a sign of strength and confidence; whereas on the contrary violence denotes weakness and self-doubt.
4. It behoves us not to confuse faith with presumption. True faith is linked to humility; those who have it, deposit more confidence in God than in themselves, as they know they are but simple instruments of Divine Purpose and can do nothing without God. This is the reason why the good Spirits come to their aid. Presumption is less faith than pride, and pride is always punished sooner or later by the deceptions and frustrations inflicted upon it.
5. The power of faith can be demonstrated in a direct and special manner in magnetic action. Through the intermediary of faith, Man acts on the fluids, which are a universal agent, modifying their qualities and giving them in a manner of speaking, irresistible impulsion. From this it follows that whoever joins a normally great fluidic power to that of ardent faith can, solely by the strength of their willpower directed towards goodness, operate those singular phenomena of healing and other occurrences known in olden times as miracles, but which are nothing more than the consequences of a Law of Nature. This is the reason for Jesus saying to His apostles that if they did not cure it was because they had no faith.
RELIGIOUS FAITH. THE STATE OF UNSHAKABLE FAITH
6. From the religious point of view faith consists of the belief in the special dogmas which constitute the various religions. All of them have their articles of faith. From this aspect faith may be either blind or rationalized. Blind faith examines nothing and accepts without verification both truth and falsehood, and at each step clashes with evidence and reason. Taken to the extreme it produces fanaticism. While sitting upon error, sooner or later it collapses. Only faith that is based on truth guarantees the future, because it has nothing to fear from the progress of enlightenment, seeing that what is true in obscurity is also true in light Each religion claims to have possession of the exclusive truth. But for someone to proclaim blind faith on a point of belief is to confess themself impotent to demonstrate that they are right
7. It is commonly said that faith cannot be prescribed, from which many people declare it is not their fault if they have no faith. Beyond doubt, faith cannot be prescribed, and what is even more certain, it cannot be imposed. No, it cannot be prescribed but only acquired, and there is no one who is prevented from possessing it, even amongst those who are most refractory. We are speaking of basic spiritual truths and not of any particular belief. It is not the part of faith to seek these people out, but they who should go and seek faith, and if they search with sincerity they are bound to find. it. You can be sure that those who say: There is nothing I should like more than to believe, but I cannot," only say this with their lips and not with their hearts, seeing that while they are saying it they close their ears. However, the proof is all around them, so why do they refuse to see? On the part of some it is indifference; of others the fear of being forced to change their habits. But in the majority there is pride which refuses to recognise the existence of a superior force because they would then have to bow down before it.
In some people faith appears to be inborn, a spark being enough to cause it to unfold. This ease of assimilation of spiritual truths is an evident sign of previous progress. On the contrary, in others there is difficulty of assimilation which is a no less evident sign of their backward natures. The first already believe and understand, having brought with them on being reborn the intuition of what they know. Their education is complete. The second still have everything to learn; their education is still to come. Nevertheless, come it will, and if it is not completed in this existence then it will be in another.
The resistance of the unbeliever, we must agree, is almost always due less to himself than to the manner in which things have been put to him. Faith needs a base, one that gives complete understanding of what we are asked to accept. In order to believe it is not enough to see; above all else it is necessary to understand. Blind faith is no longer of this century, so much so, that it is exactly blind dogmatic faith which produces the greatest number of unbelievers today, because it tries to impose itself, demanding the abdication of the most precious prerogatives of mankind, which are rationalization and free-will. It is principally against this kind of faith that the unbeliever rebels, so showing that it is true to say faith cannot be prescribed. Due to the non-acceptance of any proofs, blind faith leaves the Spirit with a feeling of emptiness which gives birth to doubt. Rationalized faith, when based on facts and logic, leaves no doubts. Then the person believes because they are certain; and no one can be certain unless they understand. This is why they are unshakable, because unshakable faith is that which can stand face to face with reason in all epochs of humanity.
This is the result to which Spiritism conducts us, so triumphing against incredulity, as long as it does not encounter systematic and preconceived opposition.
> “Unshakable faith is only that which can meet reason face to face in every age of humanity.”
Source:
KARDEC, Allan. The Gospel According to Spiritism, Chapter XIX – Faith Moves Mountains.
https://kardecpedia.com/en/study-guide/887/the-gospel-according-to-spiritism/2072/chapter-19-faith-transports-mountains
The Moral Conclusion – Charity
Spiritism concludes that the essence of Christ’s message is expressed through charity.
> “Outside charity there is no salvation.”
Source:
KARDEC, Allan. The Gospel According to Spiritism, Chapter XV.
Charity, in this sense, means love in action:
compassion
forgiveness
solidarity
service to humanity.
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A Progressive Spiritual Education of Humanity
Seen together, these teachings form a progressive path of moral enlightenment:
Moses – The Law
The foundation of moral order.
Jesus – The Gospel
The spirit of love and mercy.
The Consoler – Spiritism
The understanding of spiritual laws through reason and experience.
Together they guide humanity toward a higher moral consciousness grounded in:
Hope
Reasoned Faith
Love
Charity
Guardian Angels
“There are special spirit protectors who assist those who call them, when they deem them to be worthy of their assistance. But what can they do for those who believe themselves to be something that they are not? They cannot make the blind see, nor make the deaf hear.”
The people of ancient times made these protective spirits special deities.
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As each person has their own sympathetic spirit, most sympathetic spirits of a collective whole correspond to the majority of individuals that compose them, and that foreign spirits are attracted to such groups out of similarity of tastes and thoughts; in a word, that these groups, as well as individuals comprising them, are more or less surrounded, infuenced and supported according to the leading character of its members.
Among nations, spirits are attracted by the habits, manners and dominant characteristics of their people, and, particularly their legal system, because the character of a nation is refected in its laws.
Those who uphold righteousness resist the infuence of wicked spirits.
Wherever laws embody injustice and inhumanity, good spirits are in the minority and the bad ones who fock there keep the people trapped under their false ideas, and paralyze the good infuences that are lost in the crowd, like a single ear of corn in the midst of a sea of weeds.
By studying the customs of nations or of any group of individuals, it is therefore easy to get an idea of the invisible population that meddles in their thoughts and actions.
Source : The Book of Spirits, question 521
Final Reflection
Human history is filled with suffering, conflict and injustice.
Yet spiritual traditions repeatedly remind us that the ultimate purpose of faith is not division, but transformation.
Hope, reasoning faith, love and charity remain the pillars upon which a more just and compassionate world can be built.
And when human beings act with charity toward one another, they begin to reflect the divine love that sustains all creation.
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¹ - The text in quotation marks following each question is the actual response given by the spirits. The comments and clarifcations added by the author are in a smaller font whenever they might otherwise be confused with the spirits’ response. Where the author’s comments constitute full chapters, the regular font is maintained, as there is no possibility of confusion. A.K.
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