The term “luminescence” refers to the generation of light in a way other than from burning. As happens with a match, a piece of paper, or a wood-burning fireplace, burning creates light but eventually uses up the source, extinguishing the light.
In the Luminescence Holiday, through the lighting of five candles, we celebrate the nurturing of our own personal sparks along with the light that resides in all that around us. We rejoice with delight the fact that these lights do not extinguish as they’re used. We reaffirm that the light that resides within us GROWS each time we share it! Through nurturing, we cultivate the expansion of even more illumination throughout the world. We celebrate the principles that guide us to transformation. And we rejoice in the openness our faith provides toward seeking truth through both the blaze of spirit and the light of reason.
This holiday was created as what we hope will be one in a series of dedicated Unitarian Universalist holidays. We encourage to consider creating more. The vision is that throughout the year, as we continue to enjoy celebrating the holidays of the world's great religions, we can also look forward to a series of dedicated annual occasions that we all celebrate together, where we simply commemorate the tenets of our own unique Unitarian Universalist identity.
In the Luminescence Holiday, through the lighting of five candles, we celebrate the nurturing of our own personal sparks along with the light that resides in all that around us. We rejoice with delight the fact that these lights do not extinguish as they’re used. We reaffirm that the light that resides within us GROWS each time we share it! Through nurturing, we cultivate the expansion of even more illumination throughout the world. We celebrate the principles that guide us to transformation. And we rejoice in the openness our faith provides toward seeking truth through both the blaze of spirit and the light of reason.
This holiday was created as what we hope will be one in a series of dedicated Unitarian Universalist holidays. We encourage to consider creating more. The vision is that throughout the year, as we continue to enjoy celebrating the holidays of the world's great religions, we can also look forward to a series of dedicated annual occasions that we all celebrate together, where we simply commemorate the tenets of our own unique Unitarian Universalist identity.