Malhas da hospitalidade

The 21st century faces one of the most singular challenges of all times. How to react to the obstacles that follow the cycle of the Anthropocene, with all its disastrous and putrid consequences? There are two possible ways: acceptance of the situation or the critical and prophetic reaction, that lies on the ground of hospitality and dialogue. When ethnocentrism, xenophobia and fundamentalism grow, dialogue and acceptance of the other urge with a special meaning. Dialogue and Hospitality are expressions that interact and complement each other. Facing the current situation that is asking for interconnection, we must broaden the fabrics of this reception, including not only human beings, but opening the scope to a wider dimension of all creation. Humankind is related, is linked to a larger web that weaves the universe. Inhabiting the Earth gains a new meaning, to be part of life itself.O século XXI depara-se com um dos desafios mais candentes de todos os tempos. Como reagir aos impasses que acompanham o ciclo do Antropoceno, com todas as suas consequências nefastas e necrófilas ? Duas possibilidades se apresentam: a conformidade diante da situação ou a reação crítica e profética, com base na esperança da hospitalidade e do diálogo. Num tempo marcado pelo crescimento dos etnocentrismos, xenofobismos e fundamentalismos, a provocação do diálogo e da acolhida ao outro urge com um significado único. Diálogo e Hospitalidade são expressões que se interagem e complementam.  Diante do quadro atual, marcado pelo apelo da interligação, há que ampliar as malhas dessa acolhida, envolvendo não apenas os humanos, mas abrindo o leque para a dimensão mais ampla de toda a criação. O ser humano está relacionado, está vinculado na rede maior que tece o universo. Habitar a Terra ganha, assim, um significado novo, de inserção do humano no mundo da vida. Summary:The 21st century faces one of the most singular challenges of all times. How to react to the obstacles that follow the cycle of the Anthropocene, with all its disastrous and putrid consequences? There are two possible ways: acceptance of the situation or the critical and prophetic reaction, that lies on the ground of hospitality and dialogue. When ethnocentrism, xenophobia and fundamentalism grow, dialogue and acceptance of the other urge with a special meaning. Dialogue and Hospitality are expressions that interact and complement each other. Facing the current situation, that is asking for interconnection, we must broaden the fabrics of this reception, including not only human beings, but opening the scope to a wider dimension of all creation. Humankind is related, is linked to a larger web that weaves the universe. Inhabiting the Earth gains a new meaning, to be part of life itself. Key words: Hospitality; Dialogue; Care; Spirituality; Interconnectio