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Hoschea 6

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1 In tribulatione sua mane consurgent ad me : Venite, et revertamur ad Dominum,

2 quia ipse cepit, et sanabit nos ; percutiet, et curabit nos.

3 Vivificabit nos post duos dies ; in die tertia suscitabit nos, et vivemus in conspectu ejus. Sciemus, sequemurque ut cognoscamus Dominum : quasi diluculum præparatus est egressus ejus, et veniet quasi imber nobis temporaneus et serotinus terræ.

4 Quid faciam tibi, Ephraim ? quid faciam tibi, Juda ? misericordia vestra quasi nubes matutina, et quasi ros mane pertransiens.

5 Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis ; occidi eos in verbis oris mei : et judicia tua quasi lux egredientur.

6 Quia misericordiam volui, et non sacrificium ; et scientiam Dei plus quam holocausta.

7 Ipsi autem sicut Adam transgressi sunt pactum : ibi prævaricati sunt in me.

8 Galaad civitas operantium idolum, supplantata sanguine.

9 Et quasi fauces virorum latronum, particeps sacerdotum, in via interficientium pergentes de Sichem : quia scelus operati sunt.

10 In domo Israël vidi horrendum : ibi fornicationes Ephraim, contaminatus est Israël.

11 Sed et Juda, pone messem tibi, cum convertero captivitatem populi mei.

   

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Light

  
by Brita Conroy

In the Word, “light” in the highest sense represents Divine Truth: knowledge, ideas, understanding that come to us from the Lord. In lesser degrees -- the light of a lamp, the light of the moon and so forth -- it represents lower levels of truth, ideas and understanding drawn from more earthly sources. Also, the sun in the Word represents the Lord, with its heat representing the divine love and its light representing the divine wisdom. That wisdom flows into our minds and enters our lives in the form of truth -- things we can know and ponder that lead us and help us to be good people. This connection between light and thought is one of many spiritual/natural relationships that's embedded in our common language. People “see the light” when they understand something; we try to “shed some light” by bringing new thoughts to a difficult question; people are “enlightened” when they get new information or a more complete understanding of something. And a light bulb in a cartoon represents an idea!