"that the light came into the world."
Last week during the Easter Vigil, a great moment in the history of time was re presented; as darkness filled the Church, a blanket of darkness shrouded everyone's eyes, in an instant light began to penetrate the thick web of disguise. The Easter proclamation was sounded: Christ our Light, Christ is Risen; as the light moved forward, it spread and the darkness was scattered as the Easter bells were rung.
As the Easter proclamation became audible over the dispersing darkness all that were gathered re discovered the joy that was once so consoling that the astonishment has lasted for two thousand years. The light came into the world.
This reality is what gives us the courage to live; we know that something in the darkness has changed.
As the psalmist reminds us in psalm 139 , "I will say let the darkness cover me and the night wrap itself around me, even darkness to you is not dark, and night is as clear as day."
This is what gives us the courage to live. God gave away his only son and in the exchange something in the darkness has been changed.
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