When we stand in the light (St. Irenaeus)

When we stand in the light, 

it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine, 

but we are illuminated and made shining by the light.

--St. Irenaeus                

Image source: Georges de la Tour, Le Nouveau-Né (1640's), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, France.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_de_La_Tour_-_Newlyborn_infant_-_Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Rennes.jpg