Father Patrick, Let's Go.

i'm struck by how frequently mention is made of light in this reading. i've been reading recently bout saint thomas aquinas has to say about light, which is some serious, out dated, aristotelian metaphysics or physics. But in saint thomas's understanding, light basically lights up a thing. So you heard in in the opening collect two, three mentions of light, and ten in the first couple o verses of this reading,. 2, 3 mentions of light. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom. For every boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled in blood, will be burned as