Light and Darkness

In the first day, the light and the darkness were separated.  Think about darkness for a moment.  In this world, it seems to be far greater than any light.  The light cannot conquer it.  With all the stars and even galaxies, the darkness surrounding them seems endless in comparison. This points to the way that the finality of the universe, the energy of the universe that moves what Bernard Lonergan calls emergent probability to its increasing act and intelligibility is surrounded by a greater entropy that will destroy all act and all intelligibility.  As one hears sometimes, evil seems to be more widespread than goodness, and the goodness will never overcome it.  The darkness will not be overcome. And the layout of our physical world communicates this to us.  But the world is not without hope. Nothing in that darkness can stop the light from shining.  A sun or another star can be seen through the darkness.  The light penetrates the darkness.  And it can then illuminate the world.  And beyond all of this, there is a light we do not see.