{"id":15142,"date":"2014-07-07T01:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2014-07-06T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T10:36:08","slug":"without-god-we-lose-the-sense-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2014\/07\/07\/without-god-we-lose-the-sense-of-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Without God, We Lose the Sense of Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cancaonova.com\/portal\/arquivos\/fotos\/2014\/julho\/05_eventos-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"220\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div id=\"foto\" style=\"width: 180px;margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px 5px;float: right\">\n<div id=\"texto\" style=\"padding: 6px;font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';font-size: 12px;text-align: center;color: #535353;background-color: #ebebeb\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> Edson Oliveira<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"credito\" style=\"border-top-width: 1px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: #d4d4d4;font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';font-size: 10px;color: #999999;text-align: right;background-color: #ebebeb\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> Photo: Daniel Mafra \/ cancaonova.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> The Holy Spirit is all we need to do God&#8217;s will.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> When we sing a song that says: &#8220;Today the sky opens to pour the graces of the Father&#8221; in a special way the Lord gives us the grace to desire Him, to want to do His will.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> God is great and has great things to give us.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Then ask Him to deliver us from all evil forces that want to manifest in our lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> <em>&#8220;<\/em><\/span><span class=\"notranslate\"><em>1\u00a0At the turn of the year,* the time when kings go to war, David sent out Joab along with his officers and all Israel, and they laid waste the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. David himself remained in Jerusalem. 2\u00a0One evening David rose from his bed and strolled about on the roof of the king\u2019s house. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; she was very beautiful. 3\u00a0David sent people to inquire about the woman and was told, \u201cShe is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite, Joab\u2019s armor-bearer.\u201d 4\u00a0Then David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he took her to bed, at a time when she was just purified after her period; and she returned to her house. 5\u00a0But the woman had become pregnant; she sent a message to inform David, \u201cI am pregnant.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New American Bible. (2011). (Revised Edition., 2 Sa 11:1\u20135). Washington, DC: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.&#8221;(2 Samuel 11.1-5)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> After this event, David ambushed Uriah to kill him; he was Bathsheba&#8217;s husband.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> In this context, there is the beginning of David&#8217;s sin, the grave sin of comfort: &#8220;But David stayed home.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> When we take our eyes off of what must be done, we lose ourselves and focus on other things, losing the sense of our mission.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> This actually happened in David&#8217;s life, it can happen in our lives too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Once a person asked for my help because he was not finding time to pray.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> I told you that time is a matter of priority, and our life with God must be a priority.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> To pray you must have discipline, a propitious time, a corner only ours.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> When a person has difficulty praying at night, he or she needs to find another time.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> You can not pray the rosary and watch television at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> On the day when I return tired for a meeting, I go to my little corner of prayer and say to the Lord: &#8220;I know you&#8217;re here waiting for me.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Let&#8217;s talk &#8220;.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> What is I cannot do is accommodate myself.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> If I am not realizing that we are in a spiritual battle, as what happened with David, I&#8217;ll be home in sameness and self-indulgence which will take from me a sense of what is sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> In the story of the prodigal son, he realized his sin and returned to his father.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> But first, he needed to get to a situation of not having food or pigs to eat because he had lost the sense of sin.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> In today&#8217;s world, we are also well, but need to feel bothered by the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"foto\" style=\"width: 370px;margin: 0px auto;padding: 5px 0px;float: none\">\n<div id=\"foto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cancaonova.com\/portal\/arquivos\/fotos\/2014\/julho\/05_eventos-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"texto\" style=\"padding: 6px;font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';font-size: 12px;text-align: center;color: #535353;background-color: #ebebeb\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> &#8220;God is great and has great things to give us,&#8221; emphasized Edson.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"credito\" style=\"border-top-width: 1px;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: #d4d4d4;font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';font-size: 10px;color: #999999;text-align: right;background-color: #ebebeb\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> Photo: Daniel Mafra \/ cancaonova.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #0033cc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?act=url&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;sl=pt-BR&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cancaonova\/sets\/72157645523496164\/&amp;usg=ALkJrhjaNpWkaGAu3KbF84PWapyvcPV5aA\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> <span style=\"color: #0033cc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?act=url&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;sl=pt-BR&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cancaonova\/sets\/72157645523496164\/&amp;usg=ALkJrhjaNpWkaGAu3KbF84PWapyvcPV5aA\" target=\"_blank\">See photos on Flickr ::<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"notranslate\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.googleusercontent.com\/translate_c?act=url&amp;depth=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;prev=_t&amp;rurl=translate.google.com&amp;sl=pt-BR&amp;tl=en&amp;u=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/%3Fset%3Da.10152224341094632.1073741941.45027114631%26type%3D1&amp;usg=ALkJrhgM0paya_aI6e6koN512QfVAAeLfA\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0033cc\">See also :: + photos on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> One of the meanings of the word &#8220;annoy&#8221; is &#8220;disturbing&#8221;.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The Virgin Mary was troubled and hurried to meet Isabel.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We are in the Church and may be bothered.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> When we feel uncomfortable from God, even discover that we are wrong; we have the courage to go to people and ask them for forgiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> After all the tragedies in the house of David, he was visited by the prophet Nathan.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> This played, in the face of David, all your sins, in order that he takes knowledge from their mistakes.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Then David asked God to forgive their iniquity, ie, not just to know what the will of the Lord is, but to fulfill it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> &#8220;O God, create in me a heart that is pure.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Renew in me the spirit of firmness of Your face.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Do not refuse me nor deprive me the joy of the Spirit.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Restore unto me the salvation &#8220;(cf. Psalm 50).<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> David came to his senses and realized he had lost what was most precious: the sense of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Many bad things have happened because we have lost the sense of sin.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> What&#8217;s up to me and you?<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">Choosing to be of God.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> This is not fanaticism, but a decision of the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> We risk comforting ourselves with what we do, but if the time to go to war comes, we can not stay at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Let us ask the Holy Spirit to give us the newness of the Word every day.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The devil wants us to fall into the temptation of sameness, we lose the sense of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> We cannot lose hope;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> otherwise, stayed soft and things lose their meaning within ourselves.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> You need to meet with God every day, at all times and moments.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Sin can lead us to a path of no return.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Without God, we lose the sense of sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> <em>Transcription and adaptation: Rog\u00e9ria Nair<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancaonova.com\/portal\/canais\/eventos\/novoeventos\/cobertura.php?cod=2963&amp;pre=8431&amp;tit=Jesus%20nos convida a segui-Lo\">Portuguese Version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"style11\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> <b>Edson Oliveira<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> <i><em>Coordinator of RCC Curitiba<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edson Oliveira Photo: Daniel Mafra \/ cancaonova.com The Holy Spirit is all we need to do God&#8217;s will. 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