{"id":13743,"date":"2018-02-09T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=13743"},"modified":"2018-02-14T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:06:12","slug":"jesus-shines-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/jesus-shines-bright\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Shines Bright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13341\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/logoinside-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"45\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jun-07-2012-Shenandoah-National-Park-0139782-min.jpg\" width=\"152\" height=\"229\" \/>Now when the glare of a camera or light from some other extraneous source causes effects in photographs that remind us of, and evoke, Grace, are they not worth a glance?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They can be conducive to prayer and faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One might add: because there is a physical mainspring (for example, sunlight, or even something as apparent as a camera flash), can it not mean, in the way the light refracts and reflects, and the way it&#8217;s timed with prayer, that the Holy Spirit is orchestrating it, using physical effects?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interesting points to ponder. God does use nature. He created it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/server1.intermedia.ge\/pictures\/large\/24\/24332.jpg?\/saswauli.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"171\" height=\"124\" \/>Writes a viewer named Eileen: &#8220;I was working as usual this morning when a link to my pictures at Emmitsburg (shrine in Maryland), taken in 2012, appeared out of nowhere.\u00a0I have hundreds of pictures; I cannot explain why the Emmitsburg file appeared today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;With great joy I started to look at the pictures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It was a beautiful day so we walked the narrow road to the healing waters at the Lourdes Shrine.\u00a0On the way we passed a tiny but beautiful chapel with mosaics on each wall.\u00a0My friend took pictures and later sent them to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;These two pictures<\/span><em> [below]<\/em> were taken in succession in the little chapel at the Lourdes Shrine.\u00a0The first picture seemed to have too much light &#8230; so my friend took a second photo immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;You can imagine my surprise when I looked more closely at the two pictures&#8230; the light that appeared is actually the Host above the chalice.\u00a0Please note: you can see that the natural light is coming from the right and shining on the mosaic in both photos&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;But, &#8230;\u00a0 the light that creates the &#8216;Host&#8217; &#8230;. appears to emanate from the Host and reaches outward on both sides.\u00a0Also note the light in the crowns of the two apostles and Jesus.\u00a0Also the left side of the mosaic appears to have gold dust.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And beneath those, a few examples from elsewhere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For discernment, with the accompaniment of prayer and the illumination of its Grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13745\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jun-07-2012-Shenandoah-National-Park-015-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1488\" height=\"2240\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13748\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Jun-07-2012-Shenandoah-National-Park-0139782-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"1006\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/intermedia.ge\/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%98\/24332-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98\/190\/\">Intermedia:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/server1.intermedia.ge\/pictures\/large\/24\/24332.jpg?\/saswauli.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yF0_ysUivxE\">Youtube:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yF0_ysUivxE\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for sunlight miracles Mary Jesus\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From Youtube:<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cRxt5p3nddM\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From Catholic News Agency:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Golden_rays_of_sun_Credit_kosmos111_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for sunlight miracles Mary Jesus\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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