JOÃO LUÍS GONÇALVES

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A “Estrela de Belém”,

 afinal, não era uma estrela

Os reis Magos viram um alinhamento de planetas, cuja luz, vista da terra, parecia uma estrela brilhante

𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚊 𝙱𝚒́𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚊, 𝚘𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖 “𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎” 𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚞𝚖 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚞𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛. 𝙿𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚘, 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖-𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊́𝚌𝚒𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚞 𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚜 𝙹𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚜 (𝙼𝚊𝚝 𝟸,𝟷-𝟸).

𝙾 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢

𝙾𝚛𝚒́𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚎́𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘 𝙸𝙸𝙸, 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚊𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚊 “𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊” 𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊, 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 “𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢”. 𝙿𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚘, 𝙶𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚞 𝚊 “𝙰𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚌̧𝚊̃𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚜”, 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚎́𝚌. 𝚇𝙸𝚅, 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚒𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚓𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙿𝚊́𝚍𝚞𝚊, 𝚗𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚎́𝚖 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊. 𝙰𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎, 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚒 𝚊𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚒 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒́𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟷𝟸 𝚊.𝙲.

𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚜

𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘́𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚒́𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚊 𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚎́𝚖 𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚗𝚌̧𝚊̃𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚜, 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟸 𝚎 𝟽 𝚊.𝙲., 𝚘𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚒𝚜, 𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚊 𝚘́𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚊, 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖-𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊. 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝙺𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚛 (𝟷𝟻𝟽𝟷-𝟷𝟼𝟹𝟶) 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙹𝚞́𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎 𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟽 𝚊.𝙲. 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎́𝚖 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚊̃𝚘 𝚎𝚖 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟻. 𝙽𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚘, 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚘́𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚗𝚊̃𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘.

𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘

𝙵𝚘𝚒 𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒́𝚜𝚒𝚘, 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚎́𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘 𝚅𝙸, 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚞 𝚊 𝟸𝟻 𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚣𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟽𝟻𝟹 𝚍𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚌̧𝚊̃𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊. 𝙵𝚘𝚒 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚚𝚞𝚒 𝚚𝚞𝚎, 𝚙𝚘𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟼𝟶𝟶 𝚍.𝙲., 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚌̧𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛-𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚍𝚊 “𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘”. 𝙰𝚝𝚎́ 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚎́𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚊 𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊́𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘.*)

𝙳𝚞́𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚒́𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚜

𝙾 𝚛𝚎𝚒 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚞 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟺 𝚊.𝙲. 𝙿𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘, 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚊̃𝚘 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚜 (𝟸,𝟷-𝟸) 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙲𝚎́𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞 𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚘 𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚊 𝚂𝚒́𝚛𝚒𝚊. 𝙵𝚘𝚒 𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊 𝚎́𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚜𝚎́ 𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖-𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚎́𝚖 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖. 𝙽𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚘, 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚟𝚊 𝚊 𝚂𝚒́𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚎 𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎́𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜.

𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚊̃𝚘

𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚘̃𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚖 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎 𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝟼 𝚎 𝟹 𝚊.𝙲.. 𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎̂𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊̃𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚜 𝚎 𝚍𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚞𝚜 𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖 𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚘. 𝙿𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘, 𝚊 “𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊” 𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚎́𝚖 𝚗𝚊̃𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊́ 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚘 𝚞𝚖𝚊 “𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊” 𝚗𝚎𝚖 𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊, 𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚜, 𝚘𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚒𝚜, 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚜 𝚍𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊, 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚞𝚖𝚊 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎.

*) 𝙾 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊́𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚝𝚎́ 𝟷𝟻𝟾𝟸, 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞 𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊́𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚘 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚘́𝚛𝚒𝚘 𝚇𝙸𝙸𝙸.

IN "DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS DA MADEIRA"
26/11/19

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