Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A Word from Your Pastor January 5, 2020 - Epiphany



The Church in our time is called to renew the effort to carry the Gospel to every nation and to all human beings.  Epiphany celebrates the fact that Divine Glory is manifested in our human nature.  From the Coming of the Magi, to the Baptism of the Lord, to the Wedding Feast of Cana, the life of our Savior Jesus Christ allowed God’s glory to shine through His Sacred Humanity.  This opened the way of Faith to the Gentiles, that is, all the peoples of the earth and was a harbinger of the Unity God wills to share with us.

We are one with God in Jesus Christ.  In Him, we are also one with all those who share human nature.  The world is different when we begin to see things from this perspective.  The divisions that are common in our daily experience are destined to fall away.  Epiphany reminds us that we can begin even now to live in the Unity that God intends for us.  It is already at work in us.

We acknowledge with the Magi that Jesus is our King, that He is God in the flesh, and that His suffering, death and Resurrection have accomplished our redemption.  We give our loyalty, our own humanity and our willingness to endure suffering over to the action of the Holy Spirit that serves to unite us with the Trinity.

We enter into the Sacramental Life of the Church, allowing the grace of our Baptism to flow, uniting us ever more to Jesus Christ Himself as He lays claim to this world, preparing us for the joy of the Eternal Life we will share with Him in the next.  The Sacraments strengthen and nourish us as we walk the journey of Faith together.

We see the very glory of God in the transformation we experience in our own lives of Faith.  The more we are willing to live and die to ourselves for Christ and one another, the more God’s glory shines through us, drawing others to Christ.

May we give glory to God and may our Faith show forth the hope of Eternal Life to all we meet. 


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