{"id":4338,"date":"2020-05-06T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2020-05-05T22:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T20:46:45","slug":"if-all-but-knew-the-gift-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4338","title":{"rendered":"IF ALL BUT KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u201cI, the light, have come into the world\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (John 12:46)<\/p>\n<p>Jesus speaks about choices in today\u2019s Gospel (<strong>John 12:44-50<\/strong>): between human praise or God\u2019s approval, between politically-correct ideals or the values of God, between the darkness of sin and death or the light that helps us to see God\u2019s presence, guidance and promise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>If all but knew the gift of God!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exclaims Eugene, recalling his conversion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u2026 Judging by the consolations God was pleased to give me at that happy moment when I chose him as my inheritance.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the vantage point of the Savior, he looked at those around him who were lost and directionless.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A single glance, fixed with courage on God and on all that God contains, would undeceive them to their great advantage. Unfortunately, they dare not raise their eyes to see the light that shines in every direction.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to his mother, 18 December 1808, EO XIV n 36<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Picture1-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Picture1-2-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Picture1-2-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Picture1-2-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Picture1-2.png 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>We have choices to make in these ongoing scary and uncertain days: lockdown, personal freedom, masks, precautions and respect for those around me, the desperation of people to work, the long food lines\u2026 The Light has come into the world, how do I allow it to enlighten my choices, to reflect light and to spread light today in response? Remember St John Newman\u2019s magnificent prayer: \u201c<em>Lead, kindly Light, amidst the night\u2019s encircling gloom<\/em>\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI, the light, have come into the world\u201d (John 12:46) Jesus speaks about choices in today\u2019s Gospel (John 12:44-50): between human praise or God\u2019s approval, between politically-correct ideals or the values of God, between the darkness of sin and death &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4338\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}