Light in the dark places
David doesn’t say the darkness isn’t real. He says the Lord is his light, which only makes sense if there is darkness to shine into. Faith doesn’t deny the night; it names who is lighting it.
Later in this same psalm, David honestly asks God not to hide His face from him. Confidence and honest pleading live side by side, and both are welcome before God.
Lord, be my light where I can’t see the way, and my stronghold where I feel weak. Help me to trust You more than I fear. Amen.
אוֹרִי (ori (oh-REE)). “My light.” It comes from the root for light, and the ending means “my.” God is not just light in general; He is light for me, personally.
Psalm 27 is a psalm of David. It begins with bold confidence and then turns to a heartfelt plea, and it ends with the well-known call to “wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.”
Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old from Milan, died of leukemia. A teenager who loved computers, he built a website cataloguing Eucharistic miracles around the world, and he was later canonized as a saint in 2025.