Light of Life

"Run while you have the light of life, that the darkness of death may not overtake you" (John 12:35). (RB Pro. 13)

I have been a huge fan of light all my life. To say that I was terrified of the dark as a young child would be a major understatement. I just never knew what might be hiding in dark corners and I was not the least interested in finding out.

Benedict placing light/life, darkness/death as parallels, we are given an interesting and graphic comparison. I long to run with the freedom which brightness and light seem to call forth, what are the places within me which still hold me in the bondage of darkness and fear? What new growth is being called forth within me?

Sr. Catherine, OSB