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b'(Is.8:23-9:3;\\xa0\\xa0 Ps.27:1,4,13-14;\\xa0 \\xa01Cor.1:10-13,17;\\xa0\\xa0 Mt.4:12-23) \\xa0 \\u201cLight has arisen.\\u201d \\xa0 \\u201cAnguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there is no gloom where but now there was distress.\\u201d\\xa0 Yes, \\u201ca light has shone\\u201d; Jesus has come.\\xa0 No longer do we walk in darkness.\\xa0 So we should proclaim with David: \\u201cThe Lord is my light and my salvation\\u201d; we should long to dwell in the Temple He has built, \\u201cgaz[ing] on the loveliness of the Lord.\\u201d\\xa0 Here in His House we \\u201csee the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living.\\u201d\\xa0 Here in His Church we come to the paradise He has come to establish in this land of darkness. The light dawns as Jesus calls His disciples to His side.\\xa0 Here are the beginnings of His Church, the coming of light to this earth.\\xa0 The Lord calls Peter and Andrew, and James and John, and they respond, and they follow the light.\\xa0 And the light goes forth as He goes \\u201caround all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.\\u201d\\xa0 Do you see how the light grows?\\xa0 Do you know the light reflected in the disciples\\u2019 eyes, which shall take root and become known to all the world?\\xa0 Here indeed is the Church begun, the holy House of God \\u2013 the New Jerusalem.\\xa0 And nothing shall disturb its growth; nothing shall dim or block the light that has come. Yet what division is upon the Church Christ has founded here on the shores of Galilee.\\xa0 How has it come to be that we are so disobedient to Paul\\u2019s instruction \\u201cthat there be no divisions among [us], but that [we] be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.\\u201d\\xa0 How many more rivalries have we than the Corinthians.\\xa0 Not only do those separated from the Church declare their peculiar allegiance to various people or nations, saying, \\u201cI belong to Luther,\\u201d or \\u201cI belong to Calvin,\\u201d or \\u201cI belong to England\\u201d \\u2013 and now there are some 360 different denominations, one for every day of the year, it seems \\u2013 but within the Catholic Church deep divisions arise between \\u201cliberal\\u201d or \\u201cconservative\\u201d theologians, thus bringing darkness upon God\\u2019s people.\\xa0 The Church remains, and nothing shall overcome it, but what a poor sign it is to the world as the devil has his day in its division. The Lord has come bringing \\u201cabundant joy and great rejoicing\\u201d for those who remain in His light.\\xa0 The unbroken flame rises up from these first apostles Jesus called on this one morning by the Sea of Galilee.\\xa0 The net extends from their hands and draws in all who truly seek to dwell in the presence of God. \\xa0 Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. \\xa0 Music: "Mirror of Knowledge" (2nd part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. \\xa0 ******* O LORD, may the Gospel be proclaimed in strength this day in your Son\\u2019s holy Name.\\xa0 YHWH, your light has dawned upon this dark world; in Jesus your Son our salvation has come, and now we may dwell in your House with Him.\\xa0 Beginning on the shores of Galilee, your Word goes forth, calling all men to your kingdom.\\xa0 May we repent of our sin that we might enter there. Today your Son calls the first apostles from their boats to dry land that they might be fishers of men.\\xa0 And so He works through His apostles even to this day.\\xa0 A great light shines upon those who walked in darkness \\u2013 we who were sinners now come to your Temple, LORD, there, we pray, to remain all our days. Let there be no division in your Church, dear God, but let us be united in the flesh of your Son and preach His Gospel with one voice (His own) to the ends of this dark earth.\\xa0 O let your holy light now shine through all He calls to be His disciples!\\xa0 The yoke of sin that has enslaved us be smashed, we pray, that we shall no longer be afraid, that we shall no longer walk in darkness.'