<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Muchas gracias Maryanne y Roberto! This is a beautiful and prophetic reflection. I am thankful that you shared it with all of us. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Muchas bendiciones en el día de Los Santos Reyes Magos… <i>(Many blessings on the day of the Three Wise Men…)</i></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dean. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt="image0.jpeg" src="cid:BFFA0FD2-D686-48C8-A251-8C694440DC7A-L0-001"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt="image1.jpeg" src="cid:9BD243D8-3AAE-4E28-B05B-ECFD834CDD70-L0-001"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 2, 2025, at 7:30 PM, Maryanne Stone-Jimenez via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4">Dear Sunday Community Friends,<br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><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 class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">The following poem is by Rafael Jesús González:<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><i><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="4"><b><i><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Manifestation </span></i></b><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">……………………………………………………………………<span></span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 class="MsoNormal" style=""><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 class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A blessed wish for continued epiphanies in 2025</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryanne & Roberto</span></font></p></div></div></div></div>
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