every age contemplate this light. the light for the nations. this is what elderly joyfully express. the light meant to shine on every corner of the city on our fellow citizens, on every part of our lives. the people who walk in darkness have seen a great light. one special quality of god s people is t to see, to contemplate even in moments
life of our city. hope which frees us from empty connections, from abstract analysis or sensationalist routines. a hope which is unafraid of involvement, which acts wherever we happen to live and work. a hope which makes us see even in the midst of smog, the presence of god as he continues to walk the streets of our city because god is in the city. [ applause ] what is it like that light traveling lou our street? how do we encounter god who
humiliated by a los vote for the leadership or he was going preside over the house because it shut down the government. he didn t want to go out that way. he has wanted to leave the office for a while. i think that s why he picked today. pope francis has just started his homily. we re going to dip into this. listen to his message. people have seen a great light. the people who want with all their toys and hopes, their disappointments and regrets, the people have seen a great light. the people of god are called in
lives with us amid the smog of our cities? how do we encounter jesus alive and at work in the daily life of our multi-cultural cities? the prophet isiah can guide us in this process of learning to see. he presents jesus to us as a light, and now he presents to us jesus as a wonderful counselor. the mighty god, the everlasting father, the prince of peace. in this way he introduces us to the light of the sun so that his
but at the same time it features tremendous amount about our planet and our place in it. i think the followership on the twitter feed and everything else really reflects that. chris, do you have a favorite photo, a favorite vista, something you ve seen from your perch high above us? when we re in the huge bulging bay window that faces the earth, sometimes even sometimes all three of us jam in there, but often there are two of us in there waiting for something to happen, waiting to come up on a continent, or even maybe what i think is the most special, waiting for a sunrise or a sunset, because that transition, as we race around the earth, and come into sight of the sun or the sun comes into sight of us, the atmosphere blossoms so quickly with all the colors, just a rainbow exploding around the world, and then suddenly the world is bathed in the light of the sun because of our tremendous speed. it is a repeating miracle.