“The people who have walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom
a light has shown.” (Is. 9:1)
“Rise up in splendor,
Jerusalem!
Your light has come,
the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth,
and thick clouds
cover the peoples;
but upon you the Lord shines.” (Is 60:1-6)
“Beloved:
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon
and touched with our hands,
concerns the Word of Life—(this) we proclaim now to you.” (1 John 1-4)
“What is man that you should keep him in mind,
mortal man that you
care for him?
Yet you have made him little less than a god;
with glory and honor YOU crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hand.”
(Ps. 8:5-7a).
“A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentations;
Rachel weeping for
her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more.”
(Matt. 2:13-18)
“What came to be through
the Word was life,
and this life was the light
of the human race;
the light shines in the
darkness, and the darkness
has not overcome it.”
(Jn. 1:1-18)