[Sundaycommunity] A Reflection for Sunday January 5: Epiphany

[Jean Leahy]

Thanks you Maryanne and Roberto.  Great reflection which I have passed on
to others. Jean

On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM Sharon McCarthy via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> THANKS Maryanne and Roberto for your inspiring reflection.
>
> A thoughtful way to begin 2025.
>
> Sharon
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM 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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