The readings from Job are relentless and vast in their articulation of the human condition. "And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me." (Job 30:16). And consider how Job takes up the theme of light and darkness:
"When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness." (Job 30:26)
The Psalmist addresses this point:
"If I say, surely the darkness will cover me, and the light around me turn to night," darkness is not dark to thee, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light are both alike." (Psalm 139:10,11)
And from the Gospel of John:
"Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8:12)
Image of the
Dividing of Light from Darkness, Sistine Chapel fresco, Michelangelo from Wikimedia Commons.
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