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The north rose window of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, an example of Rayonnant architecture, and the row of figures in stained glass below. 2010. Author Julie Anne Workman. Wikimedia
By Regis Martin, National Catholic Register, April 28, 2026
Regis Martin, S.T.D., is a professor of theology and a faculty associate with the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He podcasts at In Search Of The Still Point and is the author of Looking for Lazarus: A Preview of the Resurrection. His most recent book, published by Sophia Institute Press, is March to Martyrdom: Seven Letters on Sanctity from St. Ignatius of Antioch.
COMMENTARY: The sanctuary lamp signifies something real — Christ truly present in the Holy Eucharist — and everything must change, because the wounds we carry need not be final.
A young man, alone and forlorn following a late-night revel that has left him empty and unfulfilled, wanders into a darkened church that appears to be no less empty than the party he just left. Seeing that he is the only one there, he sits down and, amid the surrounding silence, stares into the darkness.
He sees a light flickering in the distance. It is the light coming from the sanctuary lamp, upon which he fixes his gaze. It occurs to him in a single lightning stroke that if that light is true, if it actually signifies something real, then that makes everything different. Both he and the world will have to change, will need to reorient themselves to this new and unforeseen reality. ….
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