In the Middle Ages, light was considered a manifestation of God's presence on earth. So in churches, the meeting ground of God and man, God was present in the light that shone through the stained glass windows.
I've been thinking about the importance of light a lot lately. When it's absent in the winter in Paris, the whole city is gray, and I am gray too. But when the sky is blue and the sun is out, the whole world feels newly minted, as though every moment is a sort of dawn, with the reawakening of my spirit just on the horizon.
I don't care whether it's God or just weather; when the winter sun shines, my heart does not feel weary.
Maria
I've been thinking about the importance of light a lot lately. When it's absent in the winter in Paris, the whole city is gray, and I am gray too. But when the sky is blue and the sun is out, the whole world feels newly minted, as though every moment is a sort of dawn, with the reawakening of my spirit just on the horizon.
I don't care whether it's God or just weather; when the winter sun shines, my heart does not feel weary.
Maria
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