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- TO FOLLOW THE STAR - Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany of our Lord. "Epiphany means manifestation. The birth of Jesus is meant not only for the people of Israel but also for all nations, represented by the Magi or the "Three Kings." The Lord is God of all peoples and Jesus comes to save all men and women. May this revelation shine forth on everyone so that the power of salvation may be shared by all. SWEET LOVELY ANGEL |
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1/4/2009 1:57 pm |
I heard our Reader Sue talk about the Epiphany this morning (our vicar was off this past week) and I got a bit way-layed in thought by listening to her accent (the Essex accent is quite something else - there was a time i could absolutely not STAND it, now i find it quite fascinating...?) and also, I taught her son French many years ago, so we sort of come on a long way. She did her little sermon about the 3 Kings, involving some children, one of whom is my friend's half chinese half english toddler who decided to take the King for a walk all over the front of the church, and then went over to the crib in the front to take the baby Jesus for a walk... so, needless to say, a busy mind like mind got even more distracted. And finally, our church is so homely, everyone knows everyone else, it feels like you're sitting in your own frontroom so I always feel really really at home (although Sue did check to see no one was nodding off, those were her exact last 3 words!). I never quite got what the Epiphany means, but *you* explain it OH SO WELL, a great many thanks for bringing the message home kindest sweet and lovely angel  One other thing, you may need to mention the star, it is of significant importance because its the star which leads the 3 kings to Jesus, I think Sue mentioned something like he was a toddler by the time they arrived bringing him gifts. Just like that we need to follow the light leading towards Christ. The 3 kings were wisemen who studied the stars who became Christians at their meeting with the Christ child. May God bless you with much of his presence, may it manifest and grow in your angel heart, Love, Dalene.
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1/4/2009 11:01 pm |
YES, THE LORD IS GOD, HE IS LORD INDEED!!!!
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1/8/2009 6:54 am |
Fieldlilies: Matthew 2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Matthew 2:15-17 (in Context) Matthew 2 (Whole Chapter) and then: (from Wikipedia the meaning of Magi and its origins) Magi (singular 'magian', 'mage', 'magus', 'magusian', 'magusaean') is a wanderwort whose meaning has since at least the 4th century BCE denoted a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was ‒ in the main ‒ the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold. The meaning prior to Hellenistic period is uncertain. Pervasive throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Asia until late antiquity and beyond, Greek mágos "magian" was influenced by (and eventually displaced) Greek goēs, the older word for a practitioner of magic, to include astrology, alchemy and other "wisdom". This association was in turn the product of the Hellenistic fascination for (Pseudo-)Zoroaster, who was perceived by the Greeks to be the "Chaldean" "founder" of the Magi and "inventor" of both astrology and magic. Among the skeptical thinkers of the period, the term 'magian' acquired a negative connotation and was associated with tricksters and conjurers. This pejorative meaning survives in the words "magic" and "magician". In English, the term "magi" is most commonly used in reference to the Gospel of Matthew's "wise men from the East", or "three wise men", though that number does not actually appear in scripture, and there are as few as two or as many as twelve in various sources. The plural "magi" entered the English language around 1200, in reference to the Biblical magi of Matthew 2:1. The singular appears considerably later, in the late 14th century, when it was borrowed from Old French in the meaning magician together with magic. ***remember that the Bible has been translated many a times... sometimes original meansings get lost, but what i DO understand is that those "MAGI" WERE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD KINGS WHO BROUGHT GIFTS. Be much blessed Fieldlilies!!! Dalene x 
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