us. We, too, have been born to bear witness of that light. Each time we approach the Advent season, we become joyously occupied with celebrating what the light has done in our lives. While John the Baptist was the first person called to be a witness of that light, His calling has become ours. He was a light of witness, and so are we. He knew people would always be hard on the light. The light has always had to shine in uncomprehending darkness. Still, though the darkness rejects it, the light of witness