Light can be used to create the right mood. But these lights go out.
Readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 9th February 2020.
Reading 1
Isa 58:7-10
Then will your light shine like the dawn.
Psalm
Ps 111:4-9 r. 4
The good man is a light in the darkness for the upright. Or Alleluia!
Reading 2
1 Cor 2:1-5
During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus as the crucified Christ.
Gospel
Matt 5:13-16
You are the light of the world.