SOCL, Epiphany
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- Jan 5
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Sunday, January 05, 2025
We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.
See
In our deepest selves, each of us is a mystery: Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? How should I live? The risk in our present culture is to sleepwalk through life, to be satisfied with a merely material existence. But the human “project” is much greater. Each of us is really on a pilgrimage, or better on a quest — a quest to become my true self, in image and likeness of God. My truest self is found by being open to God, in whom we live and move and have our being. By following that star, by listening to our conscience and our inner selves, we come home to God.
Listen
Reflect
(Matthew 2:1-12)
-What is the star (the vision, hope or purpose) which lights up your journey?
-Like the wise men, our life journey is not one we travel alone. Who are the people who share you life journey now?
-The wise men travelled bearing gifts. What gift do you bring with you on the journey?
-At times the wise men lost sight of the star. What clouds have obscured your star?
-Who, or what, might be Herod for you now? What forces, within or without, could subvert the dream or goal?
Pray
Lord God of the nations, we have seen the star of your glory rising in splendour. The radiance of your incarnate Word pierces the darkness that covers the earth and signals the dawn of peace and justice. Make radiant the lives of your people with that same brightness, and beckon all the nations to walk as one in your light. We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
References
-United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (2024d, January 7). The Epiphany of the Lord. USCCB. https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010724.cfm
-Sunday readings. (n.d.-s). Hearers of the Word. https://www.tarsus.ie/SundayReadings/
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