Letting Our Light Shine

Luke 8: 16-18

A Lamp on a Stand

¹⁶ “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. ¹⁷ For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. ¹⁸ Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”

Lamps, even in  our day, are meant to give light, whether we are camping out or working in our garages or cellars. Indeed, flashlights are getting smaller and more powerful.  We need, we crave light.  It makes being human possible.. If we equate light to good deeds, then even more do we need light.  We need to brighten our day, our world with a simple smile or friendly greeting...a word of hope, kindness, even inspiration. Waking up to a dark sky does not make the day enticing, but as light gradually appears, so does our energy and desire to live the day as best we can.  Let's do it by being Light for others!

Bro. Rene

Heavenly Father, in baptism you enkindled in our hearts the light of Jesus Christ, your Son. Inflame that light in our lives that it may illumine all that we see, think, and do. May our lives shine brightly with your light, that we may bring its radiance into the lives of all we encounter. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 Rev. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C.