{"id":17162,"date":"2015-12-21T01:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T06:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17162"},"modified":"2015-12-15T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T12:34:10","slug":"god-wants-the-salvation-of-all-his-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/12\/21\/god-wants-the-salvation-of-all-his-children\/","title":{"rendered":"God Wants the Salvation of All His Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\"><strong>The coming of the Lord is certain\u00a0and this should fill us with hope.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">This is what I heard all those years Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova, from the lips of the Monsignor Jonas and now this advent, also our Pope Francisco encourages us: &#8220;the coming of the Lord, as at the time of Zephaniah, must fill our hearts with joy and confidence.&#8221; <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Because God&#8217;s patience with his people and, as a father, waits the conversion of each child:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord<\/em>. (Zeph 3:9,12 D-R)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10063 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/06\/livrai_nos_do_mal--600x405.jpg\" alt=\"livrai_nos_do_mal\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" \/><sup>Photo: File CN<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">We still have time, we&#8217;re in the time of grace. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">It is possible to reverse the story itself.<\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"en\">The call of the Holy Spirit for all this time is the conversion, is to review one&#8217;s lif, an examination of conscience well done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">I wonder: how&#8217;s my life? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">What&#8217;s going on in my heart? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve told the truth or a lie? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">I have fooled people, or my own faith? Where do\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en\">I put my trust? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">In what values have I based my life? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">I have passing goods or eternal ones? <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Is my life direction one that\u00a0ends here, or in heaven?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The Lord promised: <\/span><em><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;and I&#8217;ll leave you a handful of humble men and poor. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">And in the name of the Lord will put his hope the rest of Israel. &#8221; <\/span><span lang=\"en\">(Zeph 3, 12)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;Hope \u2013 says the Pope \u2013 is this Christian virtue that we have as a great gift from the Lord and that makes us see further, that is, apart from the problems of Sorrows, the difficulties, beyond our sins&#8221;. It c<\/span><span lang=\"en\">auses us to see the &#8220;beauty of God&#8221;: Let us walk to\u00a0Christmas the birth of the Lord!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Luzia Santiago<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/luziasantiago.cancaonova.com\/mensagem\/a-salvacao-messianica-e-prometida-a-todos-os-pobres\/\">Portuguese Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coming of the Lord is certain\u00a0and this should fill us with hope. 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