9. For slaves we are, but in our servitude our God has not abandoned us; rather, he has turned the good will of the kings of Persia toward us. Thus he has given us new life to raise again the house of our God and restore its ruins, and has granted us a fence in Judah and Jerusalem.





“Seja perseverante nas orações e nas santas leituras.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina