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Brothers and sisters, the powerful image of Jesus as light runs through all the readings this Sunday.

In the first reading the prophet Isaiah refers to Christ as the light that dispels the darkness of this world.

The psalmist today says,The Lord is my light and my salvation.

St Paul in the 2nd reading advises the Corinthians to live as children of Light, steering clear of division and rivalry, things of darkness.

St Matthew in the gospel wanted his readers to recognize that the Light of which Isaiah spoke had finally appeared with the coming of Jesus Christ. By His ministry of inviting people to His kingdom of peace through preaching, healing and calling people to repent, He is bringing them from darkness into light.

Friends to fully understand what Jesus is doing, lets reflect briefly on this question.

How do we see anything? We can only see if there are two things present. Light and a healthy eye, or good eyesight.

Without Christ the light, we are in total darkness. We are spiritually blind and unable to see what we are, who we are and where we are going as pilgrims in this life.

How do we respond to this light - Look at how Peter, Andrew, James and John responded when they entered the light -

They did not hold on to anything they had or knew. Instead they dropped everything, their livelihood, their culture, their plans, their hopes and basked in the light of Christ, reflecting it and like stars radiating this light - pointing the way to Jesus, the true light.

Friends in Christ, we thank God for Jesus and pray for the grace like the disciples to radiate his light when we receive him in Holy communion, pointing our brothers to this Light - The eternal Light.

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