CẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG LC - CHRISTOPHER -EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
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Mo NguyenCẢM NGHIỆM SỐNG LỜI CHÚAFri, Jan 1 at 5:32 AMTHE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
YEARS A, B, C
SUNDAY 03rd JANUARY 2021
SAVIOUR OF ALL PEOPLE
BREAKING OPEN THE WORD (Matthew 2: 1-12)
SAVIOUR OF ALL PEOPLE
Today’s feast of the Epiphany is only Sunday in the three-year cycle in which the readings remain exactly the same. That in itself should lead us to take seriously Isaiah’s summons to lift up our eyes, look around, and see that all people are called to sing God’s praises as equals. Changing our point of view is not always easy, and the process of seeing, understanding and accepting the point of view of the other person is challenging. What is really our attitude to those who see the world differently to ourselves?
The people of Israel were encouraged to see themselves as the people specially favourer by God. They had suffered much at the hands of foreign nations who were more likely to destroy their Temple than worship in it. Isaiah’s entreaty to see the nations around them as people who were also searching for the living God required a significant change of perspective.
Paul continues to develop Isaiah’s vision as he seeks to open the eyes of Jewish Christians to the fact that the mystery of God’s plan is now revealed in Jesus Christ. Now the old barriers which had existed between Jews and Gentiles have been torn down. Now all people can share in the same inheritance, promises, and relationship with God. It is Matthew who gives the forceful reminder that the first people to recognize Jesus’ kingship were outsiders. It is not only their presents but their presence that provides a precious gift.
CHRISTOPHER MONAGHAN CP
Saviour Of The World – Kingdom city Kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-67tuIqYxU
Ca Mừng Ơn Cứu Độ (Sáng tác: Giang Tâm) - Angelo Band | MV LYRICS:
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