In the second of her reflections for Lent, Joan Chittister is inspired by the dramatic moment when Christ’s followers saw him clearly for the first time Life thrives in two kinds of light: direct light and refracted light. When the light of life around us is direct, when we live in the sunshine of life, when there is nothing between us and the thing we seek – or fear, or disapprove of, or disdain – then making decisions, plotting our plans, stating our choices is clear. Unimpeded. Obvious. Then we know exactly what we want to do and we are clear about it.But when the light is with us but dimmed by distance or refracted through another medium – glass or water or coloured lenses or air or people or situations or events – the lines of life are not nearly as sha