January 8th 2017 Epiphany - Truth
Readings: Isaiah 60. 1-6; Ephesians 3. 1-12; Matthew 2. 1-12 May I speak in the name of the F ather, of the Son, and the H oly Spirit. Amen. Today we celebrate Epiphany, which was actually on Friday, the last of the twelve days of Christmas, which is when the wise men come to take down the Christmas decorations, or something like that. In today’s Gospel, the theme of truth was ever present in my mind, where is there truth, where is there deception, where can we find truth which will guide us, like the light of that star which led the wise men? What is it about Epiphany which makes it a cause worth celebrating? It really is worth celebrating, because amid all of the local, Jewish and Old Testament prophecies being fulfilled, the wise men from the east were something different, they weren’t prophesised about and yet they were arriving in Bethlehem, a little lost but still following a star. This was highly unorthodox for many reasons, for example, how often do magi come t