Sunday, December 18, 2022

Shining in Darkness

 Driving this morning to Mass it was all foggy and dark. There was a bleakness that only the light from my car's headlights could penetrate. How much more so with God's light, His grace and mercy with the anticipation of His birth, of His coming into the world. To make our world a place of peace and order and structure our weary and sinful hearts. We have so much to be thankful for and look forward to. 

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone." -Isaiah 9:2

I also think of the divine mercy image, Jesus, I trust in you. He is walking in darkness, but he is filled with light from his skin to his glowing, white garment, to his sacred heart bursting forth with blood and water. 




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