Advent Lights

VESPERS ANTIPHON
O radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: Come, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

As the sun illumines not only the heaven and the whole world, shining on both land and sea, but also sends rays through windows and small chinks in the furthest recesses of a house, so the Word, poured out everywhere, beholds the smallest actions of our life.
~From second century..St. Clement of Alexandria

Everything beyond a certain distance is dark, and yet everything is full of being around us. This is the darkness, heavy with promises and threats, which the Christian will have to illuminate and animate with the Divine Presence.
~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Diane Fausel