Area 76
Jan 6, 2023
Epiphany ABC 6 January 2023
Reflection
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 the 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 inner selves, we come home to God.
Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72 (71); Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12
Meditation (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?