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avoid it.”  \netroit,MI 48221  \n\"attentive,alert and listen to God who speaksto us,\"and be prepared when we encounter\"darkness,suspicion,fear and jealousy.\"Thishappened to the Magi when they briefly lostsight of the star to Bethlehem and passedthrough Jerusalem where they encounteredKing Herod,who was \"distrustful and preoc-cupied with the birth of a frail child whomhe thought of as a rival,\"the pope said.Jesus wasn't interested in usurping the king,\"a wretched puppet,\"the pope said,but inoverthrowing the devil.“The Magi were ableto overcome that dangerous moment of dark-ness before Herod,because they believed inthe Scriptures,\"and believed the Messiahwould be born in Bethlehem,the pope said.Pope Francis spoke in Italian;a Vaticantranslation ofhis homily follows,copyright ◎2014 by Libreria Editrice Vaticana.  \nHomily at Massfor Feast of theEpiphany  \nPope Francis  \numen requirunt lumine.”These evoc-ative words from a liturgical hymnfor the Epiphany speak of the experi-ence of the Magi:following a light,  \nChristians should go out into the worldto follow God but use \"holy cunning\"toguard against the snares of temptation,PopeFrancis said.The pope made the remarks at aMass in St.Peter's Basilica Jan.6 on the feastof the Epiphany.In his homily,the pope saidthat life is a journey,and like the three WiseMen,people are looking for the “fullness oftruth and of love that we Christians recog-nize in Jesus,the light of the world.\"Jesus isfound by reading the world of God's creationand the sacred Scripture,which nourishesthe soul and“enables us to encounter theliving Jesus,to experience him and his love,\"the pope said.On life's journey,we need to be  \nthey were searching for the Light.The starappearing in the sky kindled in their mindsand in their hearts a light that moved themto seek the great light of Christ.The Magifollowed faithfully that light that filled theirhearts,and they encountered the Lord.  \nThe destiny of every person is symbolizedin this journey of the Magi of the East:Ourlife is a journey,illuminated by the lightsthat brighten our way,to find the fullness oftruth and love that we Christians recognizein Jesus,the light of the world.Like the Magi,  \nCNS  \ncontents  \n521Homily at Mass for Feastof the Epiphanyby Pope Francis523 Vatican Officials ShouldBe Professional and Holyby Pope Francis525Peace and Fraternity:The Road Map for a NewMyanmar  \nby Archbishop CharlesMaung Bo  \n527 The Fraternity of Christby Latin Patriarch FouadTwal528World Day of PeaceHomily  \nby Archbishop DiarmuidMartin530The Problem of Primacy inthe Universal Churchby the MoscowPatriarchate533Response to MoscowPatriarchate's Statementon Primacy in theUniversal Churchby MetropolitanElpidophoros Lambriniadis536Datebook536On File  \nJanuary 16,2014  \nVolume 43  \nNumber 32  \nThe human heart is like aflea market of desires,andpeople need to know how topick out the good from thebad,Pope Francis said.  \n\"We must assess what is fromthe Lord and what isn't,ifwe're to remain in the Lord,\"the pope said in his homilyJan.7 during his morningMass in the Domus SanctaeMarthae,where he lives.  \n\"Our heart is alwaysfilled with desires,wishes,thoughts,\"he said,accordingto Vatican Radio.\"And manytimes our heart,withi somany things that come andgo,seems like an open-airmarket where there's every-thing,you can find every-thing there.\"  \nThe pope comnented ona readingfron the FirstLetter of John(3:22-4:6),inwhich the apostle advisesChristians to “test the spiritsto see whether they belongto God,because manyfalseprophets lave gone out intothe world.\"  \nThe pope said this test revealswhether a desire or feelingbrings one closer to God ordrives one further avay.  \nThe\"simple\"test involvesreflecting on how Jesus livedhis life:He became \"Lowlyand was humiliated\"withhis death on the cross,thepope said.  \n\"That is the path ","cbCaih8b8XEUwsMB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih8b8XEUwsMB","pdf",1389911,16,"English","# Homily at Mass for Feast 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