On this most holy of nights Christ our Light triumphs to dispel the darkness of sin and death from our midst. From the confines of the empty tomb penetrates a great hope throughout the whole world that Christ has risen and with His Resurrection we have been redeemed from the plight of sin.
Concerning this light we are told by St. John, “that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.”
On this night there are those who will soon enter into the life giving waters of baptism who will allow this light to enter into their life. There are also those of us who have already been baptized who will soon renew those promises begun at our baptism. To live out that which was begun at our baptism is to live for this light instead of putting our trust in the darkness of sin.
Throughout our readings we were instructed on the course of salvation history which finds its culmination with the coming of Christ, His cross, and His Resurrection. Let us not wonder away into the ways of old, but continue to move forward day by day proclaiming Christ our light by the way in which we come to live and order our life on this earth.
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