This week, we celebrate the Incarnation and look to Epiphany

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Some passages to read:
     · John 1:1-18

     · Hebrews 1:1-4 and 2:10-18

     · 1 John 1:1-2

     · 1 Timothy 3:16

     · Colossians 1:11-23

     · Matthew 2:1-12
Incarnation simply means “in the flesh” —as in God being made flesh in the form of Jesus. It means something that God actually became human, actually ate food, actually cried, and actually died for the sins of the world. It is because God became human that God is able to fully meet with us and guide us on the right path.

Epiphany, also known as "Three Kings Day" and "Twelfth Day," falls on the twelfth day after Christmas, and signals the conclusion of the twelve days of the Christmas season. The day celebrates the manifestation of God in the form of human flesh through Jesus Christ, his Son. The word epiphany means “manifestation” or “revelation" and is commonly linked (in Western Christianity) with the visit of the wise men (Magi) to the Christ child. Through the Magi, Christ revealed himself to the Gentiles—to all the world and to us.  



 This week, we celebrate the mystery of God becoming fully human in Jesus and we continue our 'journey to the manger' with the travel of three kings who followed the star to find him.
  If you have a nativity set, take the three wise men  (or three kings—same thing) and set them out somewhere far away from the rest of the nativity. Each day, move them a little bit closer so that they arrive to see Jesus next Sunday.


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