Epiphany Blessing

The Season of Epiphany is a celebration of God's revelation of Jesus and our experience of Jesus as a revelation in our daily lives.  The ancient story of the Magi being lead to Jesus by a star, put in the sky by God for that purpose, illustrates God's intention to reveal to human consciousness the divine presence.

 

 The Star of Bethlehem by Edward Burnes-Jones

We sometimes say a person has an epiphany when they suddenly "see" something that they had not been aware of before.  The light goes on.  A eureka moment.  The Season of Epiphany is a celebration of our experiences of seeing Jesus in our daily lives in ways and places that are new.  The Epiphany Blessing on the new year is that the Divine Presence will light up in our consciousness over and over again in new ways throught the year and that the year will become a journey of revelation, a journey into new light.