{"id":17588,"date":"2016-04-21T01:01:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T06:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=17588"},"modified":"2016-04-21T05:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T10:33:51","slug":"we-need-the-light-of-christ-so-we-dont-fall-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2016\/04\/21\/we-need-the-light-of-christ-so-we-dont-fall-into-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"We need the light of Christ so we don't fall into darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<hgroup class=\"content-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><strong><span lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2016\/04\/7055874241_1e39b7e04d_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17598 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2016\/04\/7055874241_1e39b7e04d_z.jpg\" alt=\"7055874241_1e39b7e04d_z\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2016\/04\/7055874241_1e39b7e04d_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2016\/04\/7055874241_1e39b7e04d_z-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Christ is the light of the world and whoever is\u00a0led by Him doesn&#8217;t walk in the midst of the darkness<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<div id=\"content-post\">\n<article id=\"post-23974\" class=\"post-23974 homilia type-homilia status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\"><span lang=\"en\"><em>&#8220;<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><em>I came into the world as light, that whoever believes in me will not remain in darkness &#8220;<\/em> <\/span><span lang=\"en\">(John 12, 46).<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\"><span lang=\"en\">Let the light of heaven come, let the light of Christ in, let the light coming from above come into our hearts. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">The figure of speech serves to illustrate how much we need and how much it is needed in our life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">See, you getting up at dawn to go to the bathroom or do something in your House, if there is no light, what\u00a0sadness there will be! <\/span><span lang=\"en\">You will stumble, fall, get hurt. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s dangerous;\u00a0 worse things happen because without light we fall, stumble, and even we may die, because we&#8217;re going down in the depths of life if we lack light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\"><span lang=\"en\">We cannot allow our heart to walk in the darkness. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">We have two eyes that allow us to see so many things, but my eyes are open to the things of the world and the soul is locked in darkness and in the shadows of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Christ comes to tell us that He is the light of the world and whoever is led by Him doesn&#8217;t walk in the midst of the darkness. The darkness is\u00a0the disasters that the world produces in our heart and soul.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">The light comes on in serenity, there&#8217;s no point in keeping the heart shaken, overwhelmed, full of unrest, of frivolity, of things that we&#8217;re taking here and there.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\"><span lang=\"en\">You need to soothe and calm the heart, let it enter\u00a0that deeper stage of inner silence, so that light enters our soul, our being and lights so many things that are in the shadows of our soul, in hiding places of our heart; <\/span><span lang=\"en\">so many things that our unconscious stored and brought us \u00a0many afflictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">We live true darkness where the soul and spirit dwells, we live in fear, anxiety, due to our aggressive behavior and, sometimes, we wonder why we react so, for our way of being so often is distressed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt-PT\"><span lang=\"en\">We need the light of Christ so we don&#8217;t fall or walk in the darkness, to not let that take care of our interior. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Let us open our hearts, our minds, our lives and allow the light of Christ to illuminate our entire being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">God bless you!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofttranslator.com\/bv.aspx?from=&amp;to=en&amp;a=http%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FTqJDEG\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<footer id=\"autor_info\" class=\"entry-utility\">\n<figure class=\"entry-thumb\"><a class=\"entry_author_image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofttranslator.com\/bv.aspx?from=&amp;to=en&amp;a=http%3A%2F%2Fhomilia.cancaonova.com%2Fauthor%2Fhomilia%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/canais\/authors\/3_thumb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"entry-bloco\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Fr. 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