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SUMMARY:Holy Eucharist for Epiphany\, Saturday 10th January
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DESCRIPTION:The word Epiphany comes from two Greek words: ‘epi’ meanin
 g ‘upon’ and ‘phanos’ which is a light. So this is the time when w
 e are invited to shine a light on Jesus\, or in other words\, to answer th
 e critical question: “Who is he? Who is this child? Who is this man Jesu
 s?”\n\nThe gospel reading for the Feast of Epiphany tells the story of t
 he three Kings or Wise Men. In fact they were nearer to what we consider t
 o be magicians\, but they were wise enough to recognise the limitations of
  their craft. When they come to pay their respects to the baby Jesus in th
 e manger\, what they are doing is giving up\, laying at his feet\, the too
 ls of their trade: gold\, the symbol of secular power\, myrrh\, spices use
 d to preserve a corpse\, a symbol of the power to make something into what
  it no longer is\, and frankincense a symbol of empty ritual and incantati
 on. \n\nSo at Epiphany\, the magicians\, the secular finite powers\, bow t
 o the Son of God\, giving up the tools of their trade. And why? Because th
 ere is nothing that magic has to fear more than true religion. True faith 
 in God is not conned by myrrh\, it is not impressed by the religiosity of 
 frankincense and nor is it bought off with gold. True religion belongs som
 ewhere else\, it belongs to that which is meaningful\, that which is etern
 al\, and that which is infinite. \n\nAnd how does this story shine a light
  on Jesus? It tells us that\, though Jesus entered our world - his creatio
 n - at Christmas\, he does not yield to its power. Of course there is much
  in this world that points us to God\, yet the real God\, the full & almig
 hty God has been born in the baby Jesus. And we\, with the magicians of th
 e finite\, can only bow down before him\, and give up ourselves\, to the o
 ne who will point to all that is beyond.\n\nPicture above: Three Kings arr
 ive in Barcelona\, January 2015
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