The triumph of light over darkness is part of our story; it is built
into the human race. We were not made for the darkness we were made
for the light. But somewhere back along our history we turned away
from God and the light and fell into darkness and forgetfulness.
But even then God did not abandon us. The light of His truth shown
dimly, calling us back to Him. This was the age of the prophets and
the great cultural storytellers. The prophets continually sought to
remind us of our beginnings and our true home but we could no longer
comprehend the light. The pre-Christian mythological cycles were
efforts to explain something we could only dimly perceive, the Hand
of God reaching out to us, inviting us home.
Then everything changed. No longer content to wait for us to come to
Him, God became one of us and came to live among us. Our salvation
rested on the faith of a young virgin who took God’s offered hand
and brought Him to us.
Still there are some who sit in the darkness trying to disentangle
the nets of their lives, ignoring God when He passes by and calls
them to Him.
May we all have the courage and love to abandon the futile works of
darkness and answer the Lord when he invites us to come after Him.
And when we have done so, let us remember those who still sit in the
darkness and go to them with a candle.
Pax vobiscum
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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