Barry Morley wrote:

JESUS' life was manifestation of the Light. His birth was signaled by the bright star which penetrated the darkness. At his death darkness returned. A long tradition of paintings show light radiating from his shoulders and head. When the child Jesus was brought to the temple in Jerusalem, the old man, Simeon, saw the light. Speaking to Mary and Joseph he said, "I have seen with my own eyes...a light that will be a revelation to the heathen and glory to thy people Israel. (Luke 2:30-32)

"You are light for all the world," he said, placing us on a level with himself. "When a lamp is lit, it is not put under the meal tub, but on the lamp stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. And you, like the lamp, must shed your light among your fellows." (Matthew 5:14) This, then is the promise, that as we come to dwell more closely within the Light, we become agents of the Light...[and can] change the world . ... Barry Morley, 1981 Daily Readings p 359