Descubra uma história emocionante de superação e conexões inesperadas. Em “A Toalha de Mesa”, um novo pastor e sua esposa enfrentam desafios ao reabrir uma igreja danificada. Quando um estrago ameaça o culto de Natal, uma toalha de mesa peculiar se torna um símbolo de esperança. Prepare-se para uma reviravolta surpreendente que prova que Deus age de maneira misteriosa. Acompanhe essa narrativa inspiradora e emocione-se com as surpresas que o destino pode trazer.
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| The Tablecloth | A Toalha de Mesa |
| A newly graduated pastor and his wife who were tasked with reopening a church in the neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY., arrived in early October, excited about the opportunity. | Um novo pastor, recentemente formado, e sua esposa, que foram encarregados de reabrir uma igreja no bairro de Brooklyn, NY, chegaram no início de outubro, entusiasmados com a oportunidade. |
| When they saw the church, they saw that there was a lot of damage and a lot of work to be done. | Quando viram a igreja, observaram que havia muitos estragos e um grande trabalho a ser feito |
| Undaunted, they set a goal to get everything ready for the first service: the Christmas service. | Sem se deixar abater, estabeleceram como meta deixar tudo pronto para o primeiro serviço: o culto de Natal. |
| They worked without rest, repairing the roof, redoing the floor, painting… and, long before Christmas, on December 18th, everything was ready! | Trabalharam sem descanso, consertando o telhado, refazendo o piso, pintando… e, muito antes do Natal, em 18 de dezembro, tudo estava pronto! |
| But the next day, December 19th, a terrible storm broke and lasted for two days. | Mas, no dia seguinte, 19 de dezembro, desabou uma terrível tempestade que durou por dois dias. |
| On the 21st, the pastor went to the church. | No dia 21, o pastor foi até a igreja. |
| His heart ached…he saw that the roof had broken and that a large area of the decorated plaster siding of the sanctuary wall just behind the pulpit had fallen off. | Seu coração doeu… viu que o telhado tinha quebrado e que uma grande área do revestimento de gesso decorado, da parede do santuário, logo atrás do púlpito, havia caído. |
| The pastor, while cleaning the floor, was thinking about how to resolve the situation. | O pastor, enquanto limpava o chão, pensava em como resolver a situação. |
| On the way home, thinking of postponing the Christmas service, he was looking at the shop windows, decorated for the time, when he noticed a charity bazaar and stopped for a moment. | No caminho de casa, pensando em adiar o culto de Natal, observava as vitrines, enfeitadas para a época, quando notou um bazar beneficente e parou por instantes. |
| A beautiful crochet tablecloth, in ivory, with a delicately embroidered crucifix in the center caught his attention. | Uma linda toalha de mesa, de crochet, na cor marfim, com um crucifixo delicadamente bordado no centro chamou-lhe a atenção. |
| It was just the right size to cover the damage behind the pulpit. He bought it and went back to the church. | Era do tamanho exato para cobrir o estrago atrás do púlpito. Comprou-a e voltou para a igreja. |
| It began to snow. | Começou a nevar. |
| He hurried his steps and when he got to the door of the church, an old lady came running in the opposite direction trying to catch the bus, which she couldn't. | Apressou seus passos e quando chegava à porta da igreja, uma velha senhora vinha correndo em direção contrária tentando pegar o ônibus, o que não conseguiu. |
| The pastor invited her inside to shelter from the cold while she waited for the next bus, which would come 45 minutes later. | O pastor convidou-a a entrar e se abrigar do frio enquanto esperava pelo próximo ônibus, que viria 45 minutos depois. |
| She sat on a bench and didn't even pay attention to the pastor who was already providing the installation of the tablecloth on the wall. | Ela sentou-se num banco e nem prestava atenção no pastor que já providenciava a instalação da toalha de mesa na parede. |
| When he finished, he walked away and could admire how beautiful the towel was and how it was perfect to hide the damage. | Ao terminar, afastou-se e pôde admirar o quanto a toalha era linda e servia perfeitamente para esconder o estrago. |
| Then the pastor noticed the old woman walking towards him. Her face was livid, and she asked: | Então, o pastor notou a velha encaminhando-se para ele. Seu rosto estava lívido e perguntou: |
| "Pastor, where did you find this tablecloth?" | "Pastor, onde o senhor encontrou essa toalha de mesa?" |
| The pastor told her the story. | O pastor contou a história. |
| The woman asked him to look in the bottom right corner to find the embroidered initials EBG. | A mulher pediu-lhe que examinasse o canto direito inferior para encontrar as iniciais EBG bordadas. |
| The pastor did as the woman asked and, intrigued, confirmed. | O pastor fez o que a mulher pediu e, intrigado, confirmou. |
| The woman said: | A mulher disse: |
| "Those are my initials." | Essas são as minhas iniciais." |
| She had made this tablecloth 35 years ago in Austria. | Ela havia feito essa toalha de mesa há 35 anos, na Áustria |
| She said that, before the war, she and her husband were "well off". | Contou que, antes da guerra, ela e seu marido estavam "bem-de-vida" |
| When the Nazis invaded her country, they agreed to flee: she would go first and her husband would follow her a week later. | Quando os nazistas invadiram seu país, combinaram fugir: ela iria antes e seu marido a seguiria uma semana depois |
| She was captured, locked in a prison and never saw her husband and her house again. | Ela foi capturada, trancada numa prisão e nunca mais viu seu marido e sua casa. |
| The pastor offered her the towel, but she refused, saying it was in a very appropriate place. | O pastor ofereceu a toalha, mas, ela recusou, dizendo que estava num lugar muito apropriado |
| Insisting, he offered to take her home; it was the least he could do. | Insistindo, ofereceu-se para levá-la até sua casa; era o mínimo que poderia fazer |
| She lived in Staten Island and had been in Brooklyn for the day on a cleaning job. | Ela morava em Staten Island e tinha passado o dia no Brooklin para um serviço de faxina. |
| On Christmas Day the church was almost full. | No dia de Natal a igreja estava quase cheia |
| It was a beautiful service. | Foi um lindo trabalho. |
| In the end, the pastor and his wife greeted the faithful one by one at the door and many said they would return. | Ao final, o pastor e sua esposa cumprimentaram os fiéis um a um à porta e muitos diziam que retornariam. |
| An old man, whom the pastor recognized from the neighborhood, remained seated, astonished. | Um velho homem, que o pastor reconheceu pela vizinhança, permaneceu sentado, atônito. |
| The pastor approached and, before he said a word, the old man asked: | O pastor aproximou-se e, antes que dissesse uma palavra, o velho perguntou: |
| "Where did you get the tablecloth on the wall? It's identical to the one my wife made many years ago when we lived in Austria before the war. How could there be two tablecloths that look so alike?" | "Onde o senhor conseguiu a toalha de mesa da parede? Ela é idêntica à uma que minha mulher fez, muitos anos atrás, quando vivíamos na Áustria, antes da guerra. Como poderiam existir duas toalhas tão parecidas?" |
| Immediately, the pastor understood what had happened and said: | Imediatamente, o pastor entendeu o que tinha acontecido e disse: |
| "Come… I'll take you to a place you'll like very much." | "Venha… Eu vou levá-lo a um lugar que o senhor vai gostar muito." |
| On the way, the old man told the same story as the woman. | No caminho o velho contou a mesma história da mulher |
| He, before being able to escape, had also been arrested and was never able to see his wife and his house again for 35 years. | Ele, antes de poder fugir, também havia sido preso e nunca mais pôde ver sua mulher e sua casa, por 35 anos |
| Arriving at the same house where he had left his wife three days before, he helped the old man up the three flights of stairs and knocked on the door. | Ao chegar à mesma casa onde deixara a mulher, três dias antes, ajudou o velho a subir os três lances de escadas e bateu na porta. |
| I think there is no need to tell the rest of the story. Who said that God does not work in mysterious ways? | Creio que não há necessidade de se contar o resto da história. Quem disse que Deus não trabalha de maneira misteriosa? |
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| 19 | a | 15 | was | 14 | pastor |
| 14 | in | 14 | he | 11 | she |
| 11 | her | 10 | on | 10 | of |
| 8 | it | 8 | his | 7 | had |
| 7 | for | 6 | when | 6 | they |
| 6 | that | 6 | tablecloth | 6 | said |
| 6 | old | 6 | church | 6 | before |
| 5 | woman | 5 | wife | 4 | you |
| 4 | would | 4 | service | 4 | saw |
| 4 | man | 4 | how | 4 | did |
| 4 | could | 4 | christmas | 4 | asked |
| 3 | years | 3 | who | 3 | where |
| 3 | wall | 3 | there | 3 | story |
| 3 | one | 3 | not | 3 | husband |
| 3 | house | 3 | door | 3 | day |
| 3 | damage | 3 | beautiful | 3 | at |
| 2 | work | 2 | with | 2 | will |
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| 2 | went | 2 | way | 2 | war |
| 2 | very | 2 | two | 2 | towel |
| 2 | told | 2 | three | 2 | this |
| 2 | thinking | 2 | th | 2 | take |
| 2 | same | 2 | roof | 2 | right |
| 2 | rest | 2 | ready | 2 | pulpit |
| 2 | place | 2 | offered | 2 | off |
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| 2 | is | 2 | initials | 2 | I |
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