Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

With Eyes to See

Looking for the light during Advent and in every season

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Cathleen Falsani
Dec 17, 2021
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Light inside the basilica at Mission San Juan Capistrano, December 2013.

“A…M…O…T…and I think that’s a W and then a V…no, a U. Maybe?”

I strained to read the letters of the Snellen chart on the far wall of my optometrist’s office while she shone a light into my right eye from a few inches away.

“Huh,” she said quizzically, pushing back from me on her whee…

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