[Sundaycommunity] A Reflection for Sunday January 5: Epiphany

[Arthur Blomme]

Thanks for your reflection

On 1/02/25 3:38 p.m., Penny Dunbar via Sundaycommunity 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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