The Australian Catholic Bishops’ 2005 SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY STATEMENT has been released complete with preaching notes and study aids.We have a light. It shines for our lives, but it also attracts others who are in need. We cannot know who will come, when, or why, but our light offers a glimmer of hope. Will we answer the door, will we hear the knock, will we be the light?
Jesus is the light of our lives. He is light for our footsteps and the guide for our path. As we walk in the light we give it a chance to shine in our world. How today are we light for the world? How does the light of Christ transform the darkness and emptiness in our lives? In this transformation we become more alive to the hope and joy in our hearts.
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More directly, though, we need to ask how does the light that illumines our thoughts and actions remind us of our call to cast that same light into the pain and anxiety of those around us? How does the light of Christ help us to see and cherish the hopes and joys of the men and women we meet? As light for the world we take up the challenge of what it means to live the Gospel today…
