He must increase, I must decrease
Today we celebrate the Birth of John the Baptist. This time of year the days begin to shorten until our celebration of the Birth of Christ. I have always found it intriguing that the Church chose to place the celebration of Christ’s birth and his cousin John in such a way that this statement of John could be physically seen. At John’s birth the light begins to fade, a sign of John’s work of preparation. At Christ’s birth the light begins to increase until we reach the fullness of the light of summer. We would do well to see even the light of each day as a reminder that we too, like John, are meant to decrease so that Christ’s light can increase in our life.
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