Advent: Light goes Viral

Fiat Lux! 

“In the beginning,” we’re told in Genesis, the world was in darkness.  Creation began with these words.  “Let there be light!” 

And as we enter Advent, and anticipate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the Winter Solstice, we may fail to notice that we are indeed intensely longing (whether consciously or unconsciously) for this first day of creation to find its way into the dark spaces of our world, and our hearts.

Go to the source article in the New York Times and the Facebook page  where it all began. 

Look at the light in the photo.  What do you see when you look at the light? 

• I see it illuminating a profoundly human interaction, one so similar to The Story Of One Who Comes Down To Save.
• I see it coming from a place I don’t often see light coming from – a store.
• I see it illuminating the feet of the barefoot man, and I see the shadows on the sidewalk where it dies not penetrate.

 Oh, I see the light.  Do you?

What did NYPD Officer Lawrence Deprimo see that led him to do what he did?

What did Arizona tourist Jennifer Foster see that prompted her to take this snapshot with her cell phone?  Florence Arizona is the home of a sprawling state prison, and she is a public safety officer.

To me this morning, this photo is my Christmas.  This is what it’s all about.  Fiat Lux indeed!  Let there be light in our world, in our hearts.  And Lord, that we may SEE.

By the way…the officer’s name Deprimo…in Italian, it means “In the beginning….”