Scripture for the Epiphany: Isaiah 60:1-6 • Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 • Ephesians 3:1-12 • Matthew 2:1-12
In reflecting on the Gospel of the first chapter of John for the second week of Christmas, Gary Carey notes when the light came into the world, there was darkness, but the darkness did not overcome it. He was in the world, but the people did not know him. He came to his own, but his people did not accept him. Hope comes in the midst of disappointment. In our times of deep disappointment, anxiety, division, and outrage, Carey, in "A World of Hope and Disappointment (John 1:1-18)" says there is a way to do something about the disappointment and outrage we sense and feel in our time.
Debra Dean Murphy, in "Nativity Politics," and Nancy Rockwell in "Strangers Bearing Gifts," discuss the gifts of the Magi, and their significance, traditionally, symbolically and practically. There is a light which has come into a world of hurt, disappointment and darkness that will not be extinguished, and which bears the gift of hope and life, even in death.
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