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Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them,
until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.
They were overjoyed at seeing the star,
and on entering the house
they saw the child with Mary his mother.
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Enlightenment is a growing awareness that we are being guided along a path that is opening up for us with the presence at our side of the one we also call The Saviour inspiring us to follow His plan for our life.
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. ~ William Shakespeare
Illuminating our way ahead reveals to the believer that our life is in the care of The Saviour, asking us to let Him lead us through our troughs, and peaks growing our reliance on our greatest friend by doing all that He asks of us.
Lead, kindly Light, amid th’ encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on;
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path, but now
Lead Thou me on;
I loved the garish day, and spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will; remember not past years.
So long Thy pow’r has blest me, sure it still
Wilt lead me on,
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
~John Henry Newman
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying,
"I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life. ~ John 8:12
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