There was a planned power outage in the community where I live. It took place yesterday from 7:00am to approximately 1:00pm. Because we had no electricity, we had to use flashlights in order to read the scriptures. It reminded me a lot of the Easter Vigil, but at one point during yesterday's liturgies, I noticed that since the light sources - we were using LED lights that sat flat on the altar and on the lectern - were sitting beside the books they were meant to illuminate, we would have to raise them, just a little, in order for them to shed their light on the pages we needed to read.
At one point while Jesus was teaching the crowd, he said to them: no one lights a lamp and then hides it under a vessel, or sets it under a bed; rather he places it on a lamp stand so that those who enter may see the light (Lk 8:16). It seems that this is a simple matter of physics. If we had raised the light sources just a bit - put them on their own lamp stands, they would have given off more light and everyone who entered could see them.
The same is true about the way that we share our faith with others. If we hide the fact that we are faithful followers of Jesus, we will soon be hidden beneath the many layers of expectations that society places upon us, but if we allow the light of our faith to shine out brightly, we can overpower the darkness and lead others to the source of the light - Jesus Christ.
Have a great day.
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