<div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you Maryanne and Roberto for such a beautiful heartfelt and deep reflection on the Epiphany and the Kingdom of Peace, Justice, and Nonviolence that Jesus invited us to participate in and belong!</div><div><br></div><div>Peace to All</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2">Greg</font></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size="4">Dear Sunday Community Friends,<br>
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<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
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<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>
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<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>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The following poem is by Rafael Jesús
González:<span></span></font></span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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