Today's Gospel

What jumps out at you today? It's easy for me. This first part of the last verse is my high school motto. High school motto was, "Luceat lux vestra," which is Latin for let your light shine. And so this is what I heard all through high school, "Let your light shine. Let your light shine." And when we stepped off the path, we were told, like, "You're not letting your light shine," and worse. Are you letting your light shine? I think a lot of people think we live in a world of darkness. I think a lot of people think we live in a world where the darkness is becoming greater and greater with every passing day. And that's an indictment on us as Christians because that means we're not letting our light shine. The reality is the smallest light in a room full of darkness, the smallest light dispels all the darkness. There's no darkness left anymore. That's how powerful light is. And how are we going to let our light shine? We've got to come to God. We've got to come to God in prayer. We've got to come to God in the sacraments. We've got to come to God in the Scriptures. We've got to come to God through the works of mercy, through love in our neighbours. We've got to come to God, and we've got to allow him to fill us with his light so we can go out into the world and let our light shine.

Have an amazing day. And remember, don't just be yourself, be the-very-best–version-of-yourself, all that God created you to be.