Saturday, September 14 : Origen
Christ is the “light of the world” (Jn 8:12) who also illuminates the Church with his light. For just as the moon is said to receive its light from the sun so that, through the moon, the night can also be illuminated, so too the Church, having received the light of Christ, illumines all who dwell in the night of ignorance. (…) Thus it is Christ who is “the true light which enlightens everyone, coming into the world” (Jn 1:9), and the Church, receiving his light, itself becomes light to the world, “a light for those in darkness” (Rom 2:9), as Christ said to his disciples: “You are the light of the world” (Mt 5:14). From which it follows that Christ is the light of the apostles, but the apostles are the light of the world.
Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team
