Consider our sanctuary. When we built it, we set as one of its main principles the desire to be full of light and to be a friendly space so people would be drawn in and drawn together . As we noted in our baptisms this morning, it takes a whole community to raise a child, and Jesus, as the Light, draws us together to help each other out along the way. We see what happens in the dark corners of public parks or under the cover of darkness at night and it is rarely good. Evil thrives on darkness.
Light exposes our deeds.
In this sense, the Light of Jesus Christ harvests goodness in our lives. There is a moral quality to the light. In his presence we want to be good, not out of fear but out of love and admiration and the desire to be like him. Light Triumphs Over Darkness Light is the aggressor in its battle against darkness and light always wins . Darkness is only the absence of light, just as the darkness in our lives is the absence of Jesus Christ.