Yesterday, before we came to know fully about our faith, we were uncertain of our future, as if we were in a limbo—all darkness and no way out. Groping in the dark, burdened with our sinfulness, we felt at a loss.

When we tried to stand up and follow a light from the distance, we did not have the strength to make a step forward. It was as if something heavy was trying to push us down and stop us from following the light.

What was pushing us down? Ah! Was it because we still loved the "old man" with his pleasures? We did not like to give up what gave us satisfaction then.

But the light was so persistent in beckoning us to come out from the darkness of our sinfulness.

We did want to follow the light, but we were so weak. We cried for help, and a hand stretched out to pull us out of the darkness into the light, face to face with Christ, with his gentle, loving smile telling us that we were made for light and not for the dark.

Now we know that Christ came in order to give us a beautiful life. He humbled himself and became like us except for sin in order to be close to us, and to tell us personally that there is a place where everything is good and full of happiness.

He taught us the ways and means to go there. He told us that he is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that no one can go to that beautiful abode except through him.

Being the Way, he sacrificed his time, his pleasures, and his strength, so that we will not be lost but will follow the right path.

Being the Truth, he invited humble fishermen and sinners to continue his mission and to teach the truth about God and salvation.

Being the Life, he gave up his life for you and me so that we will have everlasting life.

To be able to come out of the darkness into the light is not enough. We have to share our faith and the promise of eternal life with others.

As seminarians, we, especially, are expected to teach others, in our own small way, about Jesus being the Way, the Truth, and the Life. When we become priests in the future, we will have a bigger responsibility of bringing others to the light so that they too will face a new dawn through Christ.

Let us take Fr. Dunstan Jones, OFM Cap., (see Fr. Wild’s article), who in his almost fifty years of service in the Lord, has modeled himself to his Master by bringing Jesus to the people, working with joy and love and full of dedication, so that the people whom he touched with his life will have a good promise of a beautiful tomorrow.

In the same way, we, too, should become light to others. Our goal is to become Christ’s co-workers in the future. As God’s ministers, we will be able to transform Papua New Guinea into a new land of people with one faith and one goal: God’s kingdom.