The Mystery of Christmas includes the feasts of the Nativity and the Epiphany. In the Nativity we commemorate God’s humble
entrance into human life, incarnated in Jesus. In the Epiphany we
celebrate Jesus as God’s gift to the world and openly expresses our longing for
intimacy with God. (Matthew 2: 1-12)
The Good News of Christmas and
Epiphany is "Emmanuel", "God-with-us!" We, like the Magi
need only the light of strong, unwavering faith to see Him, to find Him, to
serve Him in the people around us: in the circumstances of our everyday living.
We need only to trust in and know as
did the Magi, God's love for us…then we will recognize His presence and His
power in “sunrise and sunset, in storm and calm, in the faces of children and
wisdom of the elderly, in moments of elation and heart-break. We will see His
radiance and warmth behind every cloud of sorrow or failure that darkens our
days.” (Dan Clendenin, The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself)
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The Magi went to extraordinary lengths to look for
the Christ Child. They serve to remind us that there are those who wait for
the coming of the Jesus with those who make the effort to find Him. Like the
magi, our search goes on - but so does Epiphany…Are we actively looking or
merely waiting… and what gifts do we bring? |
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