This week’s collect has us put on the armor of light, and today’s
reading from Matthew talks about putting on the wedding robe in order
to be welcomed into the banquet. These two images speak to me of a
deliberate act on our part, a choice we have to make to embrace God’s
light-filled living and an openness to receive His bounty.  This
choice entails giving up the things of the world that lead toward
darkness, both within ourselves and as we relate to others.  Of course
we can not take up this daily armor on our own, and God is in fact our
shield against the many arrows of the day.  Still, the choice is ours,
and each time we make it, we move ever more steadily into God’s
perfect Light.