Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials.

Every priest stands [at his altar of service] ministering daily, offering the same sacrifices over and over, which are never able to strip away sins [that envelop and cover us];

“The people who were sitting (living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light,
And for those who were sitting (living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death,
Upon them a Light has dawned.”

It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),