The light shines in the bleakness, and the bleakness did not overtake it/Esta luz brilla en las tinieblas, y las tinieblas no han podido apagarla

“The light shines in the bleakness, and the bleakness did not overtake it. There are no right words to make it better.  There is no practice, medication or maxim that will bring us back what we have lost. There is no practice, medication or maxim that will bring us back what we have lost. There is no timetable for grief except that which emerges from the one who is grieving. There is only the light of Christ … in each of us and on each of us. And the promise that even though we each will die, the light never will. Esta luz brilla en las tinieblas, y las tinieblas no han podido apagarla.  No hay palabras correctas para hacelo mejor. No hay práctica, medicación o máxima que nos traiga de vuelta lo que hemos perdido.  No hay un calendario para el dolor o el duelo, excepto el que surge de quien está de luto.   Sólo está la luz de Cristo... en cada uno de nosotros y sobre cada uno de nosotros. Y la promesa de que aunque cada uno de nosotros muera, la luz nunca lo hará.”  Sermon by Mike Kinman from the virtual bilingual Spanish/English Healing Service at All Saints Church, Pasadena at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Readings: Miqueas 4:5-10, Salmo 9::1-2, 7-11, 13-14, Galatas 4:1-17 and San Juan 1:1-5. Read the sermon text here. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.