Epiphany

“There's nothing better when something comes and hits you and you think 'YES'!”

― J.K. Rowling

“What do we call this moment? A serendipity mixed into a nostalgia mixed into a deja vu mixed into an epiphany!”

― Avijeet Das

“And for one infinitesimally brief moment, the universe peels open, and I can see everything…

― Cassandra Khaw, Food of the Gods

“We returned to our palaces, these Kingdoms, but no longer at ease here in the old dispensation, with an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.”

― T.S. Eliot

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Perhaps it is time for an epiphany

For a moment when the eyes open

And the heart soars

And the soul sings

And the mind goes “poof!”

And we go “Wow!  So that’s it!”

Perhaps, after plodding along

Seeking glimpses of the sacred

Catch hints of a star

There is a moment when we finally reach that place

Where love is born

And perhaps, it is a surprise

Perhaps when the “universe peels open’

And we see the heart of the Sacred

We find what we did not expect

We find more than we expected

Perhaps, as we gaze into the manger of our hearts

We find something more powerful

More beautiful

More profound

More grace full

More loving

Than anything we had ever conceived

And in the moment of

Epiphany

Revelation

Serendipity

We fall to our knees

Overwhelmed

Able to do nothing but receive

Until having received we can do nothing but give

Epiphany reveals not just the Sacred

Not just that God is here

Not just that God is love

But it reveals who we are

Children of God

It reveals who we can be

People of compassion and generosity

People who welcome, and serve

Epiphany is not a safe moment

For when we see

We are never the same

We can never go back to the place from whence we came

We can never take the same old road

We can never be at ease with the old ways

The old priorities, and values

We can never align ourselves

Ever again

With the powers that would dominate

Abuse

Use

We can never again enable

Those who would harm children

Abandon the poor

Create inequity

Deny justice

Of those who would exclude

we must go another way

the way of servanthood and generosity

rather than the way of power and greed

So it is time for an epiphany

It is time to let God stun us with Sacred Love

And Sacred Joy

And Sacred Hope

And Sacred Peace

It is time for us to let the Sacred be so present

In us

That the darkness is dispelled by the light

And we see

And exclaim

yes