Agape ( /ˈæɡəpiː/ or /əˈɡɑːpeɪ/; Classical Greek: ἀγάπη, agápē; Modern Greek: αγάπη IPA: [aˈɣapi]) is one of the Koine Greek words translated into English as love, one which became particularly appropriated in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for humankind. In the New Testament, it refers to the covenant love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term necessarily extends to the love of one’s fellow man. Many have thought that this word represents divine, unconditional, self-sacrificing, active, volitional, and thoughtful love. Although the word does not have specific religious connotation, the word has been used by a variety of contemporary and ancient sources, including Biblical authors and Christian authors. Greek philosophers at the time of Plato and other ancient authors have used forms of the word to denote love of a spouse or family, or affection for a particular activity, in contrast to philia (an affection that could denote friendship, brotherhood or generally non-sexual affection) and eros, an affection of a sexual nature. Thomas Jay Oord has defined agape as "an intentional response to promote well-being when responding to that which has generated ill-being."
Marcelo Mendonça Rossi (born 20 May 1967 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian Catholic priest widely known and popular in the country for his novel approaches to ministering to the faithful. He is a singer and uses music intensely in his masses, has recorded several music CDs, is a host to several radio and TV programs in many stations, has appeared as an actor in two movies with religious themes. All of them have been big hits in the media, but Father Rossi donates all the proceedings to Catholic charities and to his own parish.
Father Rossi is based in São Paulo city, where he was born and studied. He preaches at the Santuário do Terço Bizantino to enormous and enthusiastic crowds, and has promoted the use of the so-called Byzantine rosary for praying. One of his masses, celebrated at soccer stadium, had more than 70,000 attendees.
Father Rossi has been very important for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement in the Catholic Church in Brazil (the largest number of faithful in the world), which has lost in the last decades a significant number of adherents to the Protestant Evangelical churches. By adopting some of the charismatic features of these churches, Father Rossi and his acolytes have been able to win back or at least to retain a part of his brethren. Traditional Catholics in Brazil, however, do not always approve these changes; Odilo Cardinal Scherer, the Archbishop of São Paulo and thus Rossi's direct superior, stated in reference to Rossi that "Priests aren't showmen... The Mass is not to be transformed into a show".
Sergej Trifunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Сергеј Трифуновић; born 2 September 1972) is a popular Serbian movie actor.
Sergej was born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, in the family of actor Tomislav Trifunović and lawyer Slobodanka. His younger brother is actor Branislav Trifunović. Sergej's father in his career has often moved, so Sergej lived in Mostar, Užice, Kruševac and Belgrade. In 1990 Trifunović enrolled in Belgrade Faculty of Drama Arts in class of professor Vladimir Jevtović. His fellow students were Nataša Ninković, Vojin Ćetković and Nebojša Glogovac.
"Montevideo", Andjelko Komatina
Like two souls touching. Thoughts a - breaking - Lovers sleeping. Waves
breaking against our minds. We play, play and laugh, play and laugh and
sing to the heavens. Eyes smiling to eyes, across the words of wisdom.
As you strayed, kicked heels in the spray. Til my heart broke out. I dive
into the waves to join us once again in the deep green playground they call
home. And others watch... but to us they melt into the trees, lured by
we... the sirens. They back away from the sea green, from the things they
fear. From the death. From the sirens...
There is one God, He is the only God
He is your God, He is my God
He is the Father, He is the Son
He is the Holy Spirit, He is three parts of One, uh hu
He came as a man, willingly died
Nailed to a cross, forsaken, denied
Betrayed by Judas, hung up and scorned
With blood and water and a crown of thorns, uh hu
CHORUS:
He gave it all for you, That is Agape'
And He still love you, That is Agape'
He is Jesus, He's Yeshua
He is the great I am, you best believe in Him
One day you'll meet Him, and if you believe
Into His Kingdom, you will be received
But only if you believe
CHORUS:
He gave it all for you, that is Agape
Ya, He gave it all for you, that is Agape
He she'd his blood for you, that is Agape
Ya, He gave His life for you, that is Agape
And He still loves you, That is Agape
END:
That is true love, Agape (4X)
There is one God, He is Jesus (2X)
Like two souls touching. Thoughts a - breaking - Lovers sleeping. Waves
breaking against our minds. We play, play and laugh, play and laugh and
sing to the heavens. Eyes smiling to eyes, across the words of wisdom.
As you strayed, kicked heels in the spray. Til my heart broke out. I dive
into the waves to join us once again in the deep green playground they call
home. And others watch... but to us they melt into the trees, lured by
we... the sirens. They back away from the sea green, from the things they
Not in vain
There's no one here to discover how potent our
Shadows could be
It will only stare to you as it leaves your body
We've treasured how castles crumble down to ground
That's unclean
Bored by all these things we embraced the power
That we've seen
Carrying the burden makes me hang in there, a sign
Of being guilty
Will you ever be, I would never be again, will you
Ever be I could never be myself now
Open hands require not much confidence, is it
Worth denying
I refuse to live this life according to the laws
Of man that are forcefully proclaimed as the laws
Of god
I will never again betray myself for the life that
You promise. I have god inside, I will not live in
Vain
Over and over we are getting sober by everything
That's been composed to destroy us
Which makes me more of an enemy, me to you and you
To them
Carrying the burden makes me hang in there, a sign
Of being guilty
Will you ever be, I would never be again, will you
Ever be I could never be myself now
Open hands require not much confidence, is it
Worth denying
Let be one, let me be yours
I will not live in pain
I will not live in vain
Carrying the burden makes me hang in there, a sign
Of being guilty
Will you ever be, I would never be again, will you
Ever be I could never be myself now
Open hands require not much confidence, is it
[VERSE 1:]
My heart burns my soul cries the yearning for you
Makes me tremble and fall apart the sweat from your skin
Slight hair from your back and through the neck
A trail of salt-stretches through-the-sea of pain
Your eyes stare back at me the lights go dim
In this old room your lips are dry you want me to touch
And be in your special place, but never into your heart
It will never be over
I ask myself over and over again, will you be mine? - you will be!
[CHORUS:]
I can feel that you will be mine (in some ways)
I can see that you will be mine (in any other way)
I can feel that you will be mine (in some ways)
I can see that you will be mine (in any other way)
[VERSE 2:]
My heart and mind are set on you no matter how ob-
Livious you are it never ends my love is so pure
I assure no one touches you; forever I will wait – until you are mine
It will never be over
[REPEAT CHORUS]
ADLIB
[BRIDGE]
My life controlled it will never be over, until you are mine (never be over)
This love unfolds it will never be over, until you are mine (never be over)
My soul destroyed it will never be over, until you are mine (never be over)
Shooting through the hollow
My syringed dreams were flushed
Darker pleasures will follow
I'm ensnared in your hush
Desictate
Don't dedicate
So stereotype
So fake inside
You don't sense me, no one does
My self-esteem now takes it's end
You stabbed me in your kiss
You slabbed my lips on the floor
Draining away tomorrow's bliss
Incessantly wasting for more
Disown
This is me, breaking away from you're arms
Enfolds
With open hands I wrap myself to your neck
Contempt
This is you realizing the harm that you done
Recede
Broken down, I give you back what was left
Now, I'm feeling the way that you do
You did'nt think that I was unto you
Intoxicating beauty
(falls straight down, into my spine)
Leave me be and let me rest
Your smile has no effect on me
(decaying trash sets bane inside)
Do your worst to your heart's content
Now, I'm feeling the way that you do
You did'nt think that I was unto you
I'll find a way to get even with you
Disgraced
Entrapped
Condemn
Repel
This is me unto you...