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In the Light
During Advent, members of the A Nun’s Life community will be posting reflections on the Jesse Tree and the O Antiphons.
Day 24 :: O Lex Mundi written by Regina
I’m not afraid of the dark. Although I don’t like waking up in the dark during winter, in general I am very comfortable with dark places and spaces. Some of my most creative moments come deep in the night, long after so many have already gone to rest; sometimes I genuinely lament the constraints of 9 to 5 employment that require consistent, relatively early bedtimes. Dark for me is like a cocoon, a place where life is being nurtured.
And yet, I love light.
sunlight through bark
Stained Glass, IHM Motherhouse, Monroe, MI
I love sunrises and Christmas lights and candles and long summer evenings and stars shining in the inky night and luminaria illuminating pathways and the play of light through trees, leaves, bark and clouds and through stained glass windows and lightning.
Luminaria on Christmas Eve
And I love Jesus, the Light of the World. I want to live in that Light. I want to dance in that Light. I want that Light to flow around me and illuminate my world. I want that Light to shine through me so that when people encounter me they see the Light of the World and it brings them joy the way sunrises and Christmas lights and stained glass windows and lightning and luminaria bring me joy.
I want to be in the Light.
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BONUS MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS EVE
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This is awesome, regina.
Wonderful music selections, Regina! Many thanks!