{"id":5418,"date":"2023-03-19T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2023-03-13T00:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T23:39:20","slug":"sunday-iv-lent-my-god-illuminates-my-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5418","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY IV LENT: my God illuminates my darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0(Jn. 9:4-5)<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>I lie low, I need to think, to have light, I ask God to grant me enlightenment, my need all the greater in that people\u2019s plans seemingly pit themselves against the inspirations of the Holy Spirit\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Henri Tempier, 31 August 1833, EO VIII n 459<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Give us faith to say with the psalmist, \u201cLord, you light my lamp; my God illuminates my darkness.\u201d May your light of hope shine in the darkness for families today. Show us glimpses of your presence with us and the comfort you bring.<\/h3>\n<h3>In the busyness of today, help us to take a moment to be still and sit with you. To slow down, breathe deeply, and release our burdens to your strong hand. You are trustworthy, good, and true, and we thank you for caring for us so deeply and beautifully. Open our eyes to see you at work today. Give us your light.<\/h3>\n<h3>In Jesus name, Amen.<\/h3>\n<h3>(https:\/\/hellohope.com)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0(Jn. 9:4-5) I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5418\">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-5418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418","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=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}