There is no singular Diwali story. However, there is a unifying Diwali theme: it is the festival of lights representing the light that came down into darkness, where the darkness could not overcome it. The light is the good that overcomes evil (cf. John 1:1-5, 9). Like the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia that early Christians re-narrated to celebrate Christmas—the Incarnation of Jesus the divine Son—Diwali, too, bears the marks of a world in longing.