Gospel: Luke 8: 16-18
The advice Jesus gives on where to put lamps in one's house is fairly obvious. If we want the room to be illuminated for all to see and move about with ease, placing light such that it makes the entire room lit is self-evident. People do not put lamps under their sofas or tables, and they make sure the light is not too dim so that enough light is provided for everyone in the room.
But Jesus is not talking about interior decorating. He is talking about divine illumination within our lives. It is here where the hiding of light is a common occurrence, for we do not want certain things known about us. We want to give others the appearance of virtue and illumination without in fact being entirely so. We fear the light and what it might reveal about us to others, though we rather enjoy the light when it reveals untoward things about others.
The divine light, however, is not there to shame us, but rather to dispel the darkness within us. This light will reveal sin to us so that it may be removed and dispersed by the light. Once the darkness is removed, we then become effective prisms through which the divine illumination shines so that others may be attracted to it.
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