As we begin to light our homes with Christmas lights, let us not loose sight of who these lights represent, who is the true Light of the world.
He is coming who is everywhere present and pervades all things; he is coming to achieve in you his work of universal salvation. He is coming who came to call to repentance not the righteous but sinners, coming to recall those who have strayed into sin. Do not be afraid, then: God is in the midst of you, and you shall not be shaken.
Be enlightened, be enlightened, we cry to you, as holy
Isaiah trumpeted, for the light has come to you and the glory of the Lord has
risen over you.
What kind of light is this? It is that which enlightens
every man coming into the world. It is the everlasting light, the timeless
light revealed in time, the light manifested in the flesh although hidden by
nature, the light that shone round the shepherds and guided the Magi. It is the
light that was in the world from the beginning, through which the world was
made, yet the world did not know it. It is that light which came to its own,
and its own people did not receive it.
Saint Andrew of Crete - Office of Readings, Tuesday, November 19/19 |
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