Our lives are marked by the light we have seen.“
The opening of the first reading has washed over us year after year: The people who wander in darkness have seen a great light. While we walk through this strange year with much darkness, we remain the people who have seen the light that is Jesus. Even when our vision grows dim, or we strain to feel Jesus near, the truth is we have seen Him and known Him, and His light dispels the darkness. We celebrate the coming of Jesus as people
who know and love the light of God, and who trust that Light will find us eventually, no matter how deep the darkness. May we delight in the light and life of Jesus, come to us now.
Lord of light, dispel the darkness in our hearts and our world.
Fix our eyes on the light you send, and to trust that light will rise in the deepest dark. May Christmas come in our hearts and homes, and out into the world aching for light. Amen
Taken from the CCCB – Reflection
