It is a unigue and untainted holiday - Holy Day - of recognizing the birth of that baby in a manger as being the birth of Christ the Saviour.
I collect Nativities. I think I have 19 of them and I leave them all out until January 6 as a reminder that the birth of Christ was only the beginning.
We celebrate again on Epiphany by enjoying each and every representation I have - wood, clay, porcelain, paper, metal, resin - of the Holy Family and the Three Wise Men bringing gifts.
We talk about gift giving and receiving, about the baby Jesus, about his mother Mary and about Joseph.
This year, because Natalie Bird, one of my granddaughters, is four, we talked alot about the donkey and the sheep and especially the angels. She was the Angel of the Lord in the Christmas pageant this year and she is very fond of the word BEHOLD.
Many years ago I began celebrating this Holy holiday with my Goddaughter Alicia. Yesterday we celebrated with her and her two beautiful wee ones.
God is good.
The dictionary definition of Ephphany
1capitalized: January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ
2: an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being
3a (1): a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2): an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3): an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure b: a revealing scene or moment.
May your year be filled with Epiphany and with the illumination of many epiphanies.
Joyfully, bevelry
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