Tag Archives: light of the world

Lucy and the Light of the World

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Rosalind C Hughes

I think of the long aperture of a camera taking pictures of the night; instant to instant, our eyes see only the tiniest pinpricks in the darkness, but left open to the sky, the camera is able to absorb and interpret those tiny messages into images of great light and beauty; images of hope. Continue reading →

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Salt and light

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

Salt is not only a matter of good taste. It is elemental. It is sacramental. Continue reading →

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Transfiguration

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

Early in the darkening dawn, shadows weighting their sight, waiting for the sun to rise on the Light of the World, blind their vision with magnesium-bulb brightness, harmonic resonance of lightning arcing between earth and heaven.

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Year A Epiphany 5: salt

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Rosalind C Hughes

If rock salt comes from rocks (hence the salt mines), and sea salt comes from the sea, where does table salt come from? Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” But … Continue reading →

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