After the long centuries of dreadful night,
the eternal day, our Christ, shone forth.
The world had long awaited the splendor of his dawning.

 
St. Peter Chrysologus, 5th century

The Sun of Justice
rises on the person who recognizes God,
because he is himself, the Everlasting Light.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

Where the light is there is also the radiance;
and where the radiance is there is also the power
and its resplendent grace.

 
St. Athanasius, 4th century

In the light of God’s goodness,
in this light of warmth,
a fire of God’s love is born in us
so gently that all bitterness becomes sweet.

 
St. Catherine of Siena, 14th century

Where the light is, there is the radiance;
and where the radiance is,
there is also the power and its resplendent grace.

 
St. Athanasius, 4th century

Christians understand: yes, indeed, in the resurrection
the Son of God has emerged as the Light of the world.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Christ is called light,
as being the brightness of souls cleansed by word and life.
If ignorance and sin be darkness, knowledge and a godly life
will be Light.

 
St. Gregory Nazianzus, 4th century

Christ is the light of human life.
He is light because he convinces us of our great dignity.

 
Pope John Paul II, 20th century