{"id":15626,"date":"2014-11-28T01:01:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2014-11-26T06:26:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:26:10","slug":"with-the-church-we-are-on-the-way-to-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2014\/11\/28\/with-the-church-we-are-on-the-way-to-salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"With the Church, We Are On the Way to Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\"><strong>If you are with the Church, you are with the Christ. You are protected, blessed and there is no reason to fear or despair, even when the world is\u00a0falling on its\u00a0head.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"><strong>The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ. \u00a0It is a sign of salvation, hope and confidence that we have in God.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\"><em>&#8220;Be careful not to be deceived, for many shall come in my name, saying, &#8216;I am he!&#8217;<\/em><\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"><em>And again: &#8216;The time is near.&#8217;<\/em><\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"><em>Do not follow these people! &#8220;(Luke<\/em> 21.8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">The Word of God, that we are announced today, is an invitation to reflect on the final events of mankind, the final story of us all.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">It is important to say that we are already in these times.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">This is not the same as saying: &#8220;The end of the world, the end of time is already happening,&#8221; <\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"notranslate\">First, the end of our earthly life;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">each of us, sooner or later,\u00a0will encounter ourselves with God.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">Second, the end of life on Earth or the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">Does not mean that it will happen tomorrow, after tomorrow, but it&#8217;s something soon in God&#8217;s time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">Now, you need wisdom, discernment and prudence;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">you need to understand what the Lord himself is saying to us today: &#8220;Be careful not to be misled, deceived, for many will come in the name of the Lord with signs and wonders, with so many fallacies and misleading things.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">In addition, the signs we see in times &#8211; earthquakes, famines, dreadful things happening, often against the dignity of human life &#8211; do not even represent the end.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">But it is time to prepare for the end!<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">This time preparing for the end call &#8220;Church time,&#8221; that is established among us!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">The Church is the mother who cares, hosts, protect, teach, enlighten and lead their children to this new time of grace that we are all called to live.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">So let me tell you something: if you are with the Church,\u00a0You\u00a0with Christ;<\/span>\u00a0you<span class=\"notranslate\">\u00a0protected, blessed and there is no reason to fear or despair, even when the world was falling on its\u00a0head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">The Church, as a mother, leads us to the feet of Jesus in His glorious return.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">She, in her wisdom, in\u00a0her\u00a0discretion, helps us to distinguish the signs of the times, not to be confused and misled, deceived with the words, or with the preaching of false prophets that exist throughout the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">That at this time that separates us from the first coming of Jesus to the second, we are under the protection of the Mother Church, because she is the Mystical Body of Christ, she is the sign of salvation, hope, trust that we must have in God .<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">If we are the church, we are on the way of salvation, and we do not fear evil or what may be happening to humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\" align=\"LEFT\"><span class=\"notranslate\">God bless you!<\/span><\/p>\n<footer id=\"entry-author-info\">\n<div class=\"entry_author_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homilia.cancaonova.com\/wp-content\/authors\/3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"notranslate\">Father Roger Araujo<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">Priest of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancaonova.com\/\">Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova\u00a0Community<\/a>, journalist and writer for the Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova Portal.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rogeraraujo.cn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rogeraraujo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homilia.cancaonova.com\/homilia\/com-a-igreja-estamos-no-caminho-da-salvacao\/\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are with the Church, you are with the Christ. You are protected, blessed and there is no reason to fear or despair, even when the world is\u00a0falling on its\u00a0head. 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