{"id":7323,"date":"2011-05-19T01:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2011-04-05T06:52:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T10:52:55","slug":"that-nothing-may-impede-you-from-experiencing-the-grace-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2011\/05\/19\/that-nothing-may-impede-you-from-experiencing-the-grace-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"That Nothing May Impede You From Experiencing the Grace of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<div id=\"attachment_6589\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/01\/padre_bantu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6589\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6589 \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/01\/padre_bantu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/01\/padre_bantu.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/files\/2011\/01\/padre_bantu-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father Bantu writes from Angola where he is a parish priest.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAccording to\u00a0St.\u00a0John,\u00a0five times Jesus\u00a0went to Jerusalem\u00a0during the\u00a0great\u00a0festival\u00a0of\u00a0the temple.\u00a0While for\u00a0some\u00a0the trip\u00a0to\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0is motivated\u00a0by participation\u00a0in\u00a0Jewish rites, &#8211;\u00a0to eat and\u00a0drink\u00a0&#8211; for Jesus\u00a0it is another.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u00a0rather\u00a0the\u00a0announcement\u00a0of his\u00a0project.\u00a0He\u00a0wants to\u00a0launch\u00a0&#8220;hands to work&#8221;\u00a0before the\u00a0will\u00a0of God,\u00a0His\u00a0Father. Making known\u00a0to everyone\u00a0that\u00a0the time is coming\u00a0when the\u00a0prince of this\u00a0world\u00a0will be\u00a0defeated.\u00a0New\u00a0heaven\u00a0and\u00a0new earth\u00a0are coming.And\u00a0the true worshipers will\u00a0no longer\u00a0depend on\u00a0the\u00a0walls\u00a0of the Temple\u00a0in Jerusalem\u00a0and\u00a0neither\u00a0of\u00a0the synagogues.\u00a0They\u00a0will\u00a0worship the\u00a0Father in\u00a0spirit\u00a0and in\u00a0truth.<\/p>\n<p>In one\u00a0of these\u00a0round trips\u00a0to\u00a0the Temple\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0and\u00a0precisely in the\u00a0&#8220;Door\u00a0of the sheep&#8221; which\u00a0used to\u00a0be\u00a0pagans,\u00a0traders,\u00a0scalpers\u00a0and\u00a0others\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Jesus\u00a0learns\u00a0of the\u00a0illness that plagued\u00a0the\u00a0life of this man.\u00a0Healing\u00a0a\u00a0paralytic\u00a0who was present,\u00a0Jesus\u00a0is revealed as\u00a0the source of\u00a0love\u00a0and\u00a0life\u00a0for all.\u00a0In\u00a0contradiction,\u00a0the Jewish promoters of religious feast persecute\u00a0Jesus for\u00a0his\u00a0compassionate\u00a0and\u00a0liberating\u00a0practice.<\/p>\n<p>Often,\u00a0people\u00a0who\u00a0suffer\u00a0various\u00a0forms\u00a0of evil\u00a0have\u00a0great faith\u00a0in\u00a0God&#8217;s power\u00a0but, somehow,\u00a0are\u00a0prevented\u00a0from\u00a0reaching\u00a0Him and\u00a0receive\u00a0His grace, which is essential\u00a0to\u00a0overcome\u00a0its\u00a0ills\u00a0and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0the case\u00a0of the\u00a0paralytic, who\u00a0believed\u00a0in\u00a0God&#8217;s power\u00a0and\u00a0healing\u00a0thatwould come\u00a0through\u00a0the action\u00a0of the\u00a0angel\u00a0to\u00a0stir\u00a0the\u00a0water,\u00a0but\u00a0was\u00a0thwarted by others\u00a0who\u00a0entered\u00a0first\u00a0in the\u00a0pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So it happens \u00a0today, when\u00a0we create\u00a0a\u00a0set of rules\u00a0and\u00a0precepts of men\u00a0who\u00a0make difficult the participation of\u00a0many\u00a0in the\u00a0divine life\u00a0and in a personal relationship\u00a0with Him, that\u00a0is the\u00a0source of\u00a0all\u00a0the\u00a0graces\u00a0that\u00a0give us\u00a0life in\u00a0abundance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Introduce yourself\u00a0to Jesus\u00a0and\u00a0you to him:\u00a0&#8220;I have no one\u00a0to help me!\u00a0As I go others descend before\u00a0me. &#8220;And\u00a0he\u00a0who\u00a0can do anything,\u00a0you\u00a0say:\u00a0&#8220;Take\u00a0your\u00a0mat and go\u00a0home,\u00a0because\u00a0your\u00a0faith\u00a0has healed you. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Father Bantu Mendon\u00e7a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>translated from <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/homilia\/2011\/04\/05\/que-nada-impeca-a-voce-de-alcancar-a-graca-de-deus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 According to\u00a0St.\u00a0John,\u00a0five times Jesus\u00a0went to Jerusalem\u00a0during the\u00a0great\u00a0festival\u00a0of\u00a0the temple.\u00a0While for\u00a0some\u00a0the trip\u00a0to\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0is motivated\u00a0by participation\u00a0in\u00a0Jewish rites, &#8211;\u00a0to eat and\u00a0drink\u00a0&#8211; for Jesus\u00a0it is another. It is\u00a0rather\u00a0the\u00a0announcement\u00a0of his\u00a0project.\u00a0He\u00a0wants to\u00a0launch\u00a0&#8220;hands to work&#8221;\u00a0before the\u00a0will\u00a0of God,\u00a0His\u00a0Father. Making known\u00a0to everyone\u00a0that\u00a0the time is coming\u00a0when the\u00a0prince of this\u00a0world\u00a0will be\u00a0defeated.\u00a0New\u00a0heaven\u00a0and\u00a0new earth\u00a0are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25555,25556],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7327,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions\/7327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}