Making Light of us

The texts today in the Roman Catholic Lectionary suggest the path for those who have seen the relationship with the Divine in their lives. Christian tradition signs this understanding in Baptism. The revelation of the indwelling Spirit in the Book of Isaiah is that the light is here and the Presence of God is with you. The path forward will be marked with this Presence and as the psalmist echoes, the light created by this relationship is for the great congregation is see and be inspired. Paul in the introduction to the letter to the Corinthians proclaims the direction is to be saints! A block to growth in holiness is the need to be reconciled to God for the actions which are not those of the light. John uses the voice of John the Baptist, the Prophet of Reconciliation to point to Jesus as the Lamb and to invite people to see the Lamb which is atonement for the sin of humanity. The sinners and sick, whom Jesus comes to heal, become the light which draws more of us to a deeper relationship with the Father, through the Son and in the Spirit.

This Gospel begins the long series of invitations to “Come and see”. We want to see how we are doing. God wants us to see the Epiphanies of God and in time, become Epiphanies ourselves. We have seen and the Light encourages us to keep watching as well as keep being seen in the Light. (Gillick SJ, 2011)



Gillick SJ, L. (2011, January 16). Daily Reflection. Retrieved January 16, 2011, from Creighton University's Online Ministries : http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/011611.html