[Sundaycommunity] A Reflection for Sunday January 5: Epiphany

[Philomena Logel]

Thank you Maryanne and Roberto for sharing the beautiful reflection and
poem for Epiphany. May we all continue to experience epiphanies in whatever
form they take.
A Happy 2025 to you both.
Philomena

On Thu., Jan. 2, 2025, 6:38 p.m. Penny Dunbar via Sundaycommunity, <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing. Lovely.
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> On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., Maryanne Stone-Jimenez via
> Sundaycommunity
> <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
> Dear Sunday Community Friends,
>
> There is no zoom liturgy on Sunday, January 5, and no People Progress.
> However, we thought we would share a short reflection/poem with you.
>
> "Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday
> epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we
> experience life and the world.” John Milton (1608-1674)
>
>
> We speak of having an epiphany, signifying a moment of sudden revelation
> or insight - an “Eureka moment”. In Christian theology, epiphany emphasizes
> the inclusivity of the Christ message extending to all of humanity.
>
>
> The following poem is by Rafael Jesús González:
>
>
> *Manifestation *
>
> *We were surprised by the place*
> *to which the star brought us*
> *so little worthy of a king’s birth,*
> *but our calculations left no doubt —*
> *a stable redolent of hay and dung*
> *inhabited by an ox and a donkey,*
> *occasioned by lambs and kids.*
> *The child, like all newborns*
> *had nothing to distinguish him.*
> *The little woman, like all good mothers*
> *sweet and tender, the man no longer young*
> *showed tenderness and solicitude;*
> *they were even more surprised and perplexed*
> *by our visit than we for being there.*
> *We left the gifts we had brought from so far:*
> *the little gold coffer chased*
> *with lions and suns, the ivory box filled*
> *with incense, the ebony urn filled with myrrh,*
> *and we left in silence.*
> *Finally the youngest of us murmured,*
> *        “Perhaps he brings revolution.”*
> *The other two kept in silence*
> *the hope his saying awoke.*
>
> ……………………………………………………………………
>
> What is the “Revolution” and “hope” promised on Epiphany Day? (by Mathew
> Fox)
>
> A revolution and kingdom of justice that flows like water and peace that
> no one can take from us, [where] compassion rules and manliness is defined,
> for men and women alike, as integrity and virtue. From such a place, hope
> follows.
>
>
> A blessed wish for continued epiphanies in 2025
>
> Maryanne & Roberto
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