The other day, I was dusting off a mostly forgotten shelf and came across a book of my old sermons. Opening and reading that collection gave me the inspiration to restart this regular mass in hopes that there are still those in Temuair that wish to hear words inside Deoch’s temple. It may take some time to rebuild a congregation; it is, after all, quite a long walk all the way here to Suomi. I also encourage anyone, regardless of your religious affiliation to attend.
Now then, as we go forward with this new mass, I first wanted to first offer an old message from that dusty book, one that I find myself thinking about often:
Darkness.
There are two types that we face every day; that from the outside and that from within.
Unlike its ghastly extravagant scions on the battlefield, the Darkness inside of us is subtle and patient. It is insidiously watching for a stray thought or feeling to latch on to for its opportunity to grow into something bigger.
Once it gains control it can be stifling, controlling, and all encompassing. A relentless predator from which escape is no easy task.
The Dark delights in solitude and in denial, because it knows .. it fears... the power of the Light. It will whisper seeds of self-doubt and self-hatred into our thoughts, seeking to isolate us from the outside world. It knows that once exposed, it is especially vulnerable to outside Lights coming in aid.
For those of us struggling with our internal Darkness, I say: do not hide your struggles. Share them with someone you trust, so that they may reach out their hands to you and connect their Light to yours.
Darkness can swirl as fiercely as the Maelstrom. It’s roar and winds do not subside quietly in the face of opposition. But within that storm, the Light persists… boosted by other Lights bonded together… to shelter us as we await the break in the storm that sits over the horizon.
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