5th day in Christmas Octave
December 29, 2018: 1 John 2: 3-11; Luke 2: 22-35
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This is a sand art, which is made at
the Vatican St. Peter's Square as Crib for this year |
Christmas is not over yet, we are still in the Octave! There is a gradual revelation of the Son who has come into the world - Simeon today identifies the Light that has come into the world: a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for Israel (Lk 2:32). The light, which makes us see the right facts, the light which helps us understand the real meaning of our life, the light that Christ is, the light that Christ brought into the world - that is LOVE: whoever claims to be in light but hates his brother or sister, is still in darkness (1 Jn 2:9)...they have still not seen the light, the true light, the Christ, the Son!
Being in the light is love and any form of hatred is a groping in the dark. It may seem so clear that you are getting rid of your enemies, overpowering the weak and establishing your own dominion! Soon you shall realise your folly and come to know that love alone can truly rule. Every thing else is fear and threat, which shall find its own destruction. God is love and the world today seems to more and more consider God a superfluity, some even consider God unnecessary. The choice however remains before you and me... the light or the darkness? Love or hatred?
Light and darkness, Love and hatred...everything is around us today in every situation. What is our choice - to accept the light and to behold the Christ? or to abide by the world and remain in darkness? Light is love, hatred is darkness. Amidst the vast crowd that does not mind being in darkness for reasons known only to them, let our light shine - because we have beheld the Lord, because we have seen Love!
