#Light of the World

[dramoor]

~O come let us adore Him~

#Holy family #Christian art #Nativity of Christ #Christmas #Lord Jesus #Theotokos #Panagia #St. Joseph #O come let us adore Him #God #Emmanuel #Light of the world

[thewordfortheday]

Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

In these verses Jesus describes our function as God’s people. In one word it is "influence." When we live according to God’s word, we will have a profound influence on the world we live in.

Wherever there is light, darkness is dispelled. In your corner of the world, reach out to those who are hurting and sad, those who are hopeless and destitute. Ignite a ray of hope in them. Give them a reason to smile. BE THE LIGHT!

#light #light of the world #daily devotional #bible verse #christian quotes #bible quotes #inspiration #daily devotion #christian quote #christian life #scripture #bible

[angelthefirst1]

Thanks, Emily! She reposted the missing Carol's cookie that I need from my last post here

But it gets better. She added more context and clues.

I mentioned how the Netherlands is a representation of being in France here. I mentioned tiptoe through the tulips 🌷 playing with Sam in season 6 around the time of the Wolves. Tulips are a Neatherlans hint.

They also have very similar flags 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 with the red, white, blue, but flowing horizontal instead of vertical.

Well, she's at the hummingbird Cafe, she is marked as the hummingbird with her tattoo.

The hummingbird cafe is a representation of her in France, eating Carol's cookies, which is part of the Echelon briefing/cure.

What's in the Echelon briefing? Carol's cookie recipe...

The book on the counter says puur, what does that mean in Dutch?

Completely made of alcohol

All clues linking her to DD2 and a cure that only the highest echelons would know about.

Alcohol can be used as a sterilising or purifying agent, and the process of alcohol purification is linked to Christ's purification.

1 John 1.7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Bad moonshine (purification/light) makes you go blind.

Alcohol can also be called spirits. So completely made of spirits, it could mean made of the Holy Spirit or antichrist spirit.

Real cure/fake cure

🐦🇫🇷🍪🍸♾️🍸🍪🇫🇷 🐦

#team delusional #team defiance #bethyl #team beth lives #beth greene #beth is alive #beth is coming #beth greene lives #td #beth x daryl #return of christ #light of the world

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Christus als das Licht der Welt, c. 1550 von Paris Bordone

#kunst #kunstwerk #art #artwork #paris bordone #künstler #artist #religion #religiöse kunst #religious art #jesus #christ #christus #jesus christ #man #mann #saviour #retter #saviour of the world #retter der welt #licht der welt #light of the world #gott #god #bibel #glaube #faith #beten #pray

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Jesus Brings Us Out of Darkness

John 1:9 This was the true light that enlightens every person by his coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Yet the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him. 12 However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God’s children, 13 who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man’s desire, but from the will of God.

14 The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father’s unique Son, who is full of grace and truth. 15 John told the truth about him when he cried out, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me ranks higher than me, because he existed before me.’”

John 8:12 Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” — John 1:9-15 and John 8:12 | International Standard Version (ISV) The International Standard Version of the Holy Bible Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. All Rights Reserved internationally. Cross References: Psalm 85:9; Isaiah 53:3; Ezekiel 37:27; Hosea 1:10; Matthew 3:11; Matthew 5:14; Luke 11:36; John 1:3-4; John 1:7; John 3:18; John 19:27; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 2:8

#John's witness #Jesus Christ #True Light #Word made flesh #Light of the World #darkness #light #life #following Jesus #John 1:9-15 #John 8:12 #Gospel of John #New Testament #ISV #International Standard Version Bible #ISV Foundation

[sealedsanctuary]

霹靂異數之龍圖霸業 Pili Anomalous: The Dragon Domination · 2001 - Zhao Shi Ming Deng & Luo Zhi Zhang

#pili #pili fantasy #pili anomalous the dragon domination #霹靂異數之龍圖霸業 #thunderbolt fantasy #taiwan #taiwanese hand puppetry #budaixi #照世明燈 #Zhao Shi Ming Deng #Light of the World #洛子商 #Luo Zhi Zhang

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Salt and Light

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Graphic via Verse of the Day - Matthew 5:14

#words of Christ #Jesus #salt and light #Sermon on the Mount #Scripture #Bible verses #Matthew #light of the world #let your light shine #witnesses #good deeds #glorify the Father #God #heaven

[momentsbeforemass]

How you live your life

(By request, my homily from Sunday)

I’d like to talk with you today about evangelism.

For those of you who immediately turned off when I said the “e” word, I understand why you did. If you’ve been around the Church for any length of time, you’ve run into an evangelism program. Most of the ones that I’ve seen are pretty off-putting.

Maybe they’re super salesy. Or they make Church sound like multi-level marketing. And even if they don’t have an “ick” factor to them, their focus is usually all about having the right answers and saying the right things.

For those of us who are introverted, and for those of us who don’t always have the right answers, that’s intimidating.

And even if you are the most outgoing person in the world, and you always have the right answer, that focus is – well – a little off.

Because that’s not how it works. The secret to evangelism is in today’s second reading (1 Timothy 6:11). Where Paul tells his protégé, Timothy, to “pursue righteousness, devotion, love, patience, and gentleness.”

What does Paul’s advice for how Timothy should live his life have to do with evangelism? Everything, as it turns out.

Because how you live your life is sending a message to everyone around you, even if they don’t know you. More than having the right answers. More than saying the right things. What people really pay attention to is how you live your life.

I don’t mean how much you make, where you live, what car you drive, what clothes you wear, whether you’re single or married, if you’ve got kids, or any of that stuff.

What I mean is how do you and I respond to adversity? How do we treat others? How do we make them feel? How consistent are we?

That is how you live your life. And that is what people remember about you.

It really doesn’t matter what you and I say – if we haven’t sorted out how to live our lives.

You and I can come to Mass every Sunday, get here early to pray the Rosary, help out with the street ministry, keep a Holy Hour of Adoration every week, cover the car in Catholic bumper stickers, and quote the Bible. But if we’re complaining about our spouse/SO, trash talking our friends behind their backs, playing office politics, posting angry, hateful stuff on social media, and treating people like things?

Our everyday example will override anything you and I do or say here at Church.

Because evangelism isn’t what you do in Church. Evangelism is how you live your life after I say, “the Mass is ended, go in peace.”

You’ve seen the reports, about how the fastest growing religious group is the “nones.” People with no religious affiliation. They’re a lot like the people in the Gospel (Luke 9:31), the ones who wouldn’t pay attention even if someone came back from the dead. You know what that means?

They’re never going to hear a homily. But they didn’t stop listening.

What they are going to hear is what you say about your neighbor behind her back. What they are going to hear is how I treat the clerk at the store.

They’re never going to see us praying. But they didn’t stop watching.

What they are going to see is the cruel and degrading stuff we post on social media about people and issues we disagree with. What they are going to see is me, a guy in a collar, cutting someone off in traffic.

They’re not reading their Bibles. But they didn’t stop reading.

What they are reading is your life and my life.

Which is why how we live our lives is so important. It’s the only message that will ever get through to the people who need it the most.

Which means what?

First, don’t worry about what they’re doing or what they’re saying. If they’re trash talking the Church. Whether they’re sinning in a way you and I can’t stand, or in a way that we understand all too well (because we’re doing it too), it doesn’t really matter.

Because our job is the be the light of the world. Not to add to the darkness by railing against them, letting them know how bad they are, how wrong they are, how right we are.

But to light it up, By living our faith with the joy that is your birthright as a Catholic.

So how do you and I do that?

Begin your day with God. By thanking God for all that He has given you. Not generically, name each thing you’re thankful for. No matter how big or small. Make a list of at least 10 things. Because it’s impossible for us to not be joyful when we’re grateful.

Don’t waste your time with God dumping that list of grievances that all of us have on Him.

Don’t rehash everything that’s gone wrong. It won’t do you any good and God already knows about all of it. Even the stuff you and I don’t like to think about. Instead, thank Him for bringing you through it, for never abandoning you even in the very worst parts, even when you couldn’t feel Him there.  

Don’t try to pray away the difficult people in your life. Instead thank God that He’s already put everything in place to handle them – whether that’s by moving them away from you or by giving you the grace to deal with them.

Then trust God. Actually trust God. With all of that. And fill your heart with the joy that comes only from trusting Him.

Take that joy – the joy that God cannot wait to fill you with - and let it overflow into every part of your life.

Don’t treat someone the way they deserve to be treated. Stay in the joy that God has given you, and treat them like someone Jesus died to save. Because He did.

Be the one who breaks up someone’s bad day with a kind word. Even if you don’t know they’re having a bad day, give them that kind word anyway. A lot of us are very good at hiding when we’re hurting.

Bring that joy with you wherever God sends you, to whomever God sends you.

Even when it would be easier to be upset. Even when it feels like you’ve got every right to be angry. Or depressed.

Be the light of the world. Be who God made you to be. By sharing that joy of God with everyone who’s part of your day. Whether they deserve it or not.

Do it consistently and you will be surprised at who responds.

As Madeleine L’Engle puts it, “We draw people to Christ not by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.”

Sunday’s Readings

#How you live your life #What people remember #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Evangelism #Every day #Madeleine L'Engle #Light #Light of the World #Moments Before Mass

[dramoor]

"And you he made alive..." ~ Ephesians 2:1

#Lord Jesus Christ #Icons #Orthodox Christian #Scriptures #Light of the world #alive because of Christ #God #Love #light of life

[wp4per]

✝️ Jesus wallpaper.

#jesus #christ #jesus wallpaper #jesus lockscreens #gospel wallpaper #gospel lockscreens #light of the world #christian wallpaper #christian lockscreens

[sundaynightservice]

John 8:12

The sun not enough

to erase the thick darkness

in which the earth spins,

our only hope still proclaims,

"I am the Light of the world."

.

D W Eldred

#poetry #tanka #light of the world #scripture comment #Jesus

[happyhealthyandprosperous]

The Pressing of Olive Oil – The Pressing of Jesus

The Pressing of Olive Oil – The Pressing of Jesus About a year ago I saw an Instagram post by Dave Adamson that brought several analogies to mind and inspired me to do some research and write a post. His post was about Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and the parallels of an olive press (“Gethsemane”) and Jesus being pressed with the weight of our sin and his sacrifice. As we enter the…

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#analogies in scripture #anoint #anointing #be salt and light #cleaning #cleansed #consecrated as holy #crushed #crushing #garden of gethsemane #gethsemane #healing #high priest #king of kings #kingdom of priests #light #light of the world #olive oil #olive press #pressed #pressing #spiritual food #sustain

[apenitentialprayer]

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the Name of the only Son of God. And this is the verdict, that the Light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.

the Gospel According to John (3:16-21)

This is the point of Jesus coming into the world: to reveal to us how much God truly loves us. Still, we have to choose to accept and live in that love. Those who do not accept that love have already condemned themselves (because now they will have to live outside God's love). Those who accept that love have already received their reward (the possibility of living in that love).

Rev. Jude Winkler, O.F.M. Conv.'s commentary on John 3:16-21

And this is the verdict: Judgment is not only future but is partially realized here and now.

the NABRE commentary for John 3:19.

#Christianity #Catholicism #Gospel of John #love #agape #redemption #judgment #Jesus Christ #Light of the World #Jude Winkler

[albertfinch]

February 10, 2024 - Exhortation

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 - "All athletes are disciplined in their training...So I run with purpose in every step...I discipline my body like an athlete training it to do what it should. Otherwise I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified."

You may not feel like a person of divine Destiny when you wake up every day, but that's just your feelings. Your future is not rooted in how you feel, but in how you act.

You cannot fulfill your Destiny in Christ on feelings. The way you feel changes based on different variables -- don't give in to your feelings. Emotions are the saboteurs of Destiny.

Beat your feelings into captivity through mental discipline by affirming and meditating on God's Word that supports and advances His calling on your life.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

#calling #destiny #purpose #devotional #daily word #inspiration #light of the world

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

Jesus Christ is born, hallelujah!! 🙏🏼🌟👼🏼

The light that never extinguishes but gives us everlasting freedom and joy. 🕯 What an honour! 💗

Praise be to God!

Holy Mother Mary, 💙 blessed mother of Jesus, I bow to thy holiness and purity and thy gentle heart. Thy beauty is eternal and thou hast blessed us with your son, Jesus Christ. I am so thankful and thy name and thy grace shall always be honoured. 🙏🏼🌠

#merry christmas #christ is born #jesus christ #mother of god #blessed mother mary #Christianity #Christmas #light of the world

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥."

#jesus #catholic #my remnant army #jesus christ #virgin mary #faithoverfear #saints #jesusisgod #endtimes #artwork #jesus said #jesussaves #i love jesus #jesusiscoming #holy spirit #holy ghost #light of the world