Finding our Epiphany
Dear fellow ‘occasional ramblers’,
In these early days of January members of the Christian family across the world will be celebrating the feast of Epiphany. We will hear the account of the wise men or magi from the East seeking and finding the Christ child, guided by a star, bringing their gifts and bowing in worship before him.
The word ‘Epiphany’ means showing or ‘shining forth’. Divine light shines from this child. Yet it should not so much be understood as the appearance of God as the transparence of God. The divine light that shines in the Christ child is not a light which is foreign to the earth, it is the Light which is at the heart of all life, the Light from which all things come. If somehow this Light were extracted from the universe, everything would cease to exist.
So, the message of Epiphany is about the Light at the heart of everything. The Light at the heart of you, the Light at the heart of me. Sometimes it may become hidden or neglected or dimmed by fears and anxieties. But still, it is there waiting to shine as we discover in the following reflection.
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