"As (Moses) came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God."
From Luke 9:29
"while (Jesus) was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white."
Lene Vestergaard Hau, a Danish-born physicist, has developed a method for slowing down light. (Thank you Radiolab for a wonderful radio program). She uses sodium as her medium, cooling the substance so that when it's a supercold atomic gas, light itself will slow to 17 meters per second. That's quite an accomplishment when you recognize that light's natural speed is 186,000 miles per second! Light can take on wave-like properties and particle-like properties. There is so much to discover in light. It bears information. It's movement is efficient. It brightens our darkness.
This Sunday is the Sunday of the Transfiguration. Jesus goes to a mountaintop to pray, and his appearance changes. He captures light. He harnesses the light of the world. He glows with hope and possibility. If I were with him on that day, I would have joined Peter who said, "Let's hang out here for a while. I will start setting up the tents."
But this moment in time, or out of time, can be a light that brightens the darkest moments of our lives. From the mountaintop, Jesus goes down then up to Jerusalem, where he becomes enveloped by darkness, thus becoming the Light of the World. This is THE hidden will of God and our source of life.
Makoto Tojiki loves to use light in his art. Instead of commenting on it, I think I will just let you gaze and wonder yourself!
Blessings!
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