The Light and Darkness

Part XXXXV 

Lord,  May the words of my mouth always find favour, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence. 

  We should have:‘the power of distinguishing the spirits.’ (1Cor. 12:10) This is the strongest foundation of our congregation and our charism, which Br. Victor passed down to us through his followers (our Brs) through his unwavering faith, conviction, and love for Jesus, a true apostolic grace. Lord, teach us the experiences of darkness and bring us into His light. If we do not understand the work of darkness, how can we resist it when it comes? After we have experienced the work of darkness, we will come to the light of Jesus. We must hold firm in our faith, which requires complete separation from the world and attachment to our Lord alone. We have to learn and begin praying continually and constantly. We must examine our conscience in order to atone for our failures. We must never be afraid to seek for forgiveness from others, and we must begin forgiving our enemies. Then we will begin praying for our adversaries. As a result, we shall be free of animosity and filled with the joy and peace of Jesus Christ. We will gain a clear conscience, as St. Paul says: ‘My brothers, to this day I have conducted myself before God with perfectly clear conscience.’(Acts 23: 1) 

   We should not have any ambitions of this world and we should not seek any pleasures of this world. All the ambitions of this world guide us to the natural inclinations and wealth of this world and it will lead us to do sins. Only Lord can reveal our hidden sin, and who can detect our sins. ‘But who can detect his own failings? Wash away my hidden faults. And from pride preserve your servant, never let it be my master. So shall I be above reproach, free from grave sin. May words of my mouth always find favour, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence, Yahweh, my rock, my redeemer.’(Ps. 19: 12-14) Once start experiencing the light we start to know the work of darkness by the grace of Jesus our Lord. Then He will show us the treasures of darkness. ‘I shall give you the secret treasures hidden hoards of wealth…’(Is. 45:3) Br  Victor always says that, we should understand the work of evil and then only we know value and depth of the Kingdom of God. Evil has many secret ways of darkness which will makes us imprisonment to work for Satan and his kingdom. Watch and ward of each of our steps and it is very easy to fall into that dungeon that is call Gehenna, the hell.