The "children of light" belong to the "family of God:" and the light of Christ shines in and through them to a darkened world. The "children of this world" belong to the society of self-seeking, self-centered individualists who would rather stumble in the darkness than have the benefits of the light.
Jesus, in the gospel, passage remarks on how ingenious the children of this world are in dealing with their own kind – while trying to make sure everything goes well for them when they are in trouble. The children of light, on the other hand – who depend entirely on Jesus, all of the time, to be their light – find their genius in the ways they try to respond freely to grace given them, and simply accept everything that God has to give them – so they can in turn give it away to others in acts of loving kindness and sincere concern. They always have enough for themselves, their families and their neighbors!
We know all of these things because of the word of the Lord that has come to us. The word of the Lord is everything to us. And whoever keeps his words, the love of God is truly perfected in him. And those perfected by the love of God are the ones who know that their true citizenship is in heaven – and not among the children of this world.
May we stand firm in the Lord of Light – who will guide us to our everlasting place of rest and peace – after we love others for all we are worth in this life– and try to bring as many with us as we possibly can!
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
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