Epiphany
11On entering the house, they saw the
child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then,
opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and
myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to return to
Herod, they left for their own country by another road.
Matthew 2:1-12
Adoration
of the Magi
WITZ,
Konrad
1443-44
Musée d'Art et
d'Histoire, Geneva
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
When men understand what each other mean,
they see, for the most part,
that controversy is either superfluous or
hopeless.
~ John Henry Newman
Another one
of Carmon's amazing creations
that he
brought to breakfast Wednesday morning!!!
Sondra's BIG
70th Birthday Party!
Karla and
Vicki at Sondra's party
We are here on Earth to do good to others.
What the others are
here for, I don't know.
~ W. H. Auden
January 6,
2008 Second Sunday after Christmas/Epiphany of the
Lord
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,
wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been
born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its
rising, and have come to pay him
homage.’
Matthew 2:1-12
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
The Work of
Christmas Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Thurman
(adapted)
"When the song of
the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when
the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with
the flocks,
then the work of Christmas
begins:
to find the
lost,
to heal those broken in
spirit,
to feed the
hungry,
to release the
oppressed,
to rebuild the
nations,
to bring peace among all
peoples,
to make a little music with the
heart…
And to radiate the
Light of Christ,
every day, in every way, in all that we do and in
all that we say.
Then the work of Christmas
begins.
The message of the
Feast of Epiphany announces to all people,
everywhere:
Rise
up in splendor…your light has come,
The Glory of the Lord shines
upon you!
Let the
work of Christmas begin, and let it begin with
you."
Second Sunday after
Christmas:
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Psalm
147:12-20
Ephesians 1:3-14
John 1:(1-9) 10-18
Epiphany of the
Lord:
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Ephesians
3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12
