The picture immediately below is last evening's setting sun shining through pines and across the snow. Yesterday morning we had 10 degrees for the 10th Day of Christmas. The 2nd picture below shows what I think is dew frozen on the bush, sparkling in the morning sun like diamonds. I guess I'll attach the pictures separately until I can figure out the new settings.
So, Merry Christmas, Day 11! Isaiah 60:1-6, the first reading for Epiphany is all light and radiance. The restoration that followed the Jews' return from exile proved in most ways disappointing. Rather than giving up hope, the prophet insists that the Lord will become manifest to humanity through them, "Upon you the Lord will shine, and His Presence be seen over you. And nations shall walk by your light, kings by your shining radiance."
As I meditated on the passage I thought of the Catholic community's being charged by God to be a light for our world. God will bring us back from "exile," healing our divisions. Our daughters and "sons shall be brought from afar." The community of the faithful "will glow; your heart will throb and thrill." It is the radiant presence of Jesus that will shine out of the whole church and bring a glorious peace to our world.
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