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The picture came three years ago from a reader who then lived in Brookline, MA. It's a night shot whose darkness reveals more than any daylight photo might have shown us.
I was immediately taken with this side-street scene : a street lamp burning star-like above and a doorway from which spills a splash of light in the darkness: light to light in the darkness...
The lamp and the entry way, the star and the dwelling, the royal beauty bright and a door upon which to knock...
On a former liturgical calendar, January 6 was the day for celebrating Epiphany so I'm posting this photo and my reflection on it again...
Dear Magi,
Were you confused?
Did you wonder if you'd taken a left instead of a right?
Had you misjudged the star's GPS?
Was it all a big mistake?
Could this really be the street? the place? the door?
The light spills into the night,
beckons and calls:
"This way! Come this way!
Let go your thoughts
of what should have been,
what might have been,
and open your heart to what is,
what will be,
and to where he is,
where he dwells,
in the warmth of his light
on this chilled, dark night..."
Teach us wisdom, Magi:
open our eyes to the star above
and to the glow of his presence
living just across the street,
lighting the paths we walk each day,
lifting us up and out of our darkness
to the radiance of his holy face.
Amen.
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preparing for epiphany:
In answer to your first four questions in your reflection:
ReplyDeleteyes
yes
yes
and yes.
I keep getting lost in my darkness-
I feel I can't trust the light-
(I can trust God, but it's those who step in the way acting as "some kind of light"- wanting others to believe they are some kind of light- but they are not. There is only one light)
But I have been confused too many times- I don't know which way is which-
Thank you for your reflection-