<p dir="ltr">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.<br>
A Happy 2025 to you both.<br>
Philomena <br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu., Jan. 2, 2025, 6:38 p.m. Penny Dunbar via Sundaycommunity, <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for sharing. Lovely. <br><br><div id="m_5523343783434981741ymail_android_signature"><a id="m_5523343783434981741ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#6d00f6"> <div>On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., Maryanne Stone-Jimenez via Sundaycommunity</div><div><<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6"> <div id="m_5523343783434981741yiv9925678824"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">Dear Sunday Community Friends,<br></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">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.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">"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) <span></span></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">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.<span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The following poem is by Rafael Jesús González:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></i></b></p><p><font size="4"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Manifestation </span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We were
surprised by the place</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<i>to which the star brought us</i><br>
<i>so little worthy of a king’s birth,</i><br>
<i>but our calculations left no doubt —</i><br>
<i>a stable redolent of hay and dung</i><br>
<i>inhabited by an ox and a donkey,</i><br>
<i>occasioned by lambs and kids.</i><br>
<i>The child, like all newborns</i><br>
<i>had nothing to distinguish him.</i><br>
<i>The little woman, like all good mothers</i><br>
<i>sweet and tender, the man no longer young</i><br>
<i>showed tenderness and solicitude;</i><br>
<i>they were even more surprised and perplexed</i><br>
<i>by our visit than we for being there.</i><br>
<i>We left the gifts we had brought from so far:</i><br>
<i>the little gold coffer chased</i><br>
<i>with lions and suns, the ivory box filled</i><br>
<i>with incense, the ebony urn filled with myrrh,</i><br>
<i>and we left in silence.</i><br>
<b><i>Finally the youngest of us murmured,</i></b><br>
<b><i> “Perhaps he brings
revolution.”</i></b><br>
<b><i>The other two kept in silence</i></b><br>
<b><i>the hope his saying awoke.</i></b><span></span></span></font></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">……………………………………………………………………<span></span></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">What is the
“Revolution” and “hope” promised on Epiphany Day? (by Mathew Fox)<span></span></font></span></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From such a
place, hope follows.</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A blessed wish for continued epiphanies in 2025</span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryanne & Roberto</span></font></p></div></div></div></div>
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