{"id":19376,"date":"2026-03-01T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/?p=19376"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:10:44","slug":"reflection-for-the-2nd-sunday-of-lent-2026-trusting-the-lord-toward-ending-hiv-and-aids-as-a-public-health-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/reflection-for-the-2nd-sunday-of-lent-2026-trusting-the-lord-toward-ending-hiv-and-aids-as-a-public-health-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflex\u00e3o para o 2.\u00ba Domingo da Quaresma de 2026: Confiar no Senhor para p\u00f4r fim ao VIH e SIDA como uma amea\u00e7a \u00e0 sa\u00fade p\u00fablica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><strong><em>Primeira leitura:<\/em><\/strong> G\u00eanesis 12:1-4a\n<strong><em>Salmo responsorial:<\/em><\/strong> Salmo 33:4-22\n<strong><em>Segunda leitura:<\/em><\/strong> 2 Tim\u00f3teo 1:8-10\n<strong><em>Aclama\u00e7\u00e3o ao Evangelho:<\/em><\/strong> Mateus 17:5\n<strong><em>Evangelho:<\/em><\/strong> Mateus 17:1-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fr.-Greg-M.-SJ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19377 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fr.-Greg-M.-SJ.jpeg 806w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fr.-Greg-M.-SJ-292x300.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fr.-Greg-M.-SJ-768x788.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fr.-Greg-M.-SJ-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">A reflex\u00e3o sobre as leituras de hoje \u00e9 de <strong>Pe. Gregory Mulobela SJ.<\/strong>, Diretor, Chikuni Home Based Care (CHBC), Z\u00e2mbia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meus queridos irm\u00e3os e irm\u00e3s, neste segundo domingo da Quaresma, continuamos a colocar a nossa confian\u00e7a no Senhor como Abra\u00e3o. Al\u00e9m disso, continuamos a confiar porque a gra\u00e7a de Deus \u00e9 sempre concedida a n\u00f3s em Cristo manifestada na Transfigura\u00e7\u00e3o. Grandes coisas acontecem quando a gra\u00e7a de Deus permeia nossas estrat\u00e9gias de preven\u00e7\u00e3o para p\u00f4r fim ao VIH e SIDA como uma amea\u00e7a \u00e0 sa\u00fade p\u00fablica. A Z\u00e2mbia testemunha:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">\u201cAs estimativas de VIH\/SIDA da Z\u00e2mbia para 2025 indicam um progresso significativo rumo ao fim da epidemia, com novas infec\u00e7\u00f5es reduzidas em 52%, para aproximadamente 30.000 por ano, em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com 63.000 em 2010. As mortes relacionadas com a SIDA ca\u00edram 40%, no entanto, 38% das novas infec\u00e7\u00f5es ocorrem entre jovens de 15 a 24 anos, e as jovens continuam altamente vulner\u00e1veis, exigindo novas estrat\u00e9gias de preven\u00e7\u00e3o direcionadas\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/Zambia.un.org\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/Zambia.un.org\n<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O Senhor certamente enriquecer\u00e1 nossas conversas enquanto estruturamos as novas estrat\u00e9gias de preven\u00e7\u00e3o direcionadas necess\u00e1rias para preservar a vida de nossos jovens, especialmente das mulheres. Nossa parte come\u00e7a com todos n\u00f3s conhecendo nosso estado sorol\u00f3gico para o VIH, em todos os grupos demogr\u00e1ficos. Nossa lideran\u00e7a proativa e a\u00e7\u00e3o diante deste chamado, como comunidades de f\u00e9, s\u00e3o importantes se quisermos manter os ganhos que a gra\u00e7a de Deus nos ajudou a alcan\u00e7ar ao longo dos anos: redu\u00e7\u00e3o geral das infec\u00e7\u00f5es, diminui\u00e7\u00e3o das taxas de transmiss\u00e3o m\u00e3e-filho e alta cobertura de tratamento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">As leituras deste segundo domingo da Quaresma nos convidam a continuar confiando e nutrindo nosso relacionamento com Deus e com nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo. Ser nutrido por esse relacionamento gratuito \u00e9 o que chamamos de Gra\u00e7a. A <em>raison d\u2019\u00eatre<\/em>: Deus revelou-Se a Abr\u00e3o no passado e revelou-Se nestes \u00faltimos dias em Seu Filho. Hoje O ouvimos novamente no monte. Continuemos a ouvir o Deus Trino. Os desafios em nosso trabalho para p\u00f4r fim ao VIH e SIDA s\u00e3o muitos, mas a gra\u00e7a nos trouxe at\u00e9 aqui. E a gra\u00e7a nos conduzir\u00e1 para casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meus queridos irm\u00e3os e irm\u00e3s, que este tempo da Quaresma continue a nos encher de esperan\u00e7a. \u00c0 medida que Jesus se transfigura no monte, os raios de esperan\u00e7a e luz se manifestam. Continuamos a caminhar na luz de Cristo que afasta as trevas. \u00c9 a mesma luz da ressurrei\u00e7\u00e3o que brilha no rosto de Cristo. N\u00f3s tamb\u00e9m nos levantaremos das trevas do VIH e SIDA. Continuemos a emergir das trevas da indiferen\u00e7a, como indiv\u00edduos e como comunidades de f\u00e9, e levemos ao mundo a mensagem de esperan\u00e7a. O Senhor transfigurado est\u00e1 sempre no meio de n\u00f3s; portanto, nosso sofrimento pessoal e coletivo devido ao pecado e \u00e0 morte n\u00e3o \u00e9 o fim de nossas vidas, mas uma passagem para a bem-aventuran\u00e7a eterna.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4a Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:4-22 Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:8-10 Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 17:5 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 Reflection on Today\u2019s reading is by,\u00a0Fr. Gregory Mulobela SJ., Director, Chikuni Home Based Care (CHBC), Zambia. 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