Part of my Nativity in front of the window, my shining star reflecting off the plant pot....In following the christian calandar, (and somewhat modified for my location, which appears to be the only reason why different denominations celebrate things slightly different) The Eve of the 12th night marks the end of the remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ, the coming of Creator God into the midst of the human family, but marks the begining of new season, called Epiphany.
The Biblical basis for the Epiphany is in Matthew 2:1-11. It is the part of the Christmas story where the wise men, Magi, or scholors from a distant land, travel to present gifts to the King born, marked with "his star in the east", and they worshiped him.
-The term epiphany means "to show" or "to make known" or even "to reveal."
- it remembers the coming of the wise men bringing gifts to visit the Christ child, who by so doing "reveal" Jesus to the world as Lord and King.
-This act of worship by the Magi, (or wise men) which corresponded to Simeon’s blessing that this child Jesus would be "a light for revelation to the Gentiles" (Luke 2:32), was one of the first indications that Jesus came for all people, of all nations, of all races, and that the work of God in the world would not be limited to only a few. (This is taken from and paraphrased from , Dennis Bratcher, Copyright © 2008, Dennis Bratcher, All Rights Reserved http://www.cresourcei.org/cyepiph.html )
So last night we celebrated, with a feast of King Crab, (given to us by christian family) and enjoyed with our christian brother and sister john and allyson. I didn't bake a Kings Cake but we enjoyed a rich cheese cake instead, (also supplied by close friends, thank you.)
We also celebrated the life of another Wise Man, my uncle john. He too with his life seeked the Lord, gave his life as his gift to Jesus.
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I have learned about the 12 days of Christmas from you and want you to know we missed you bunches this weekend!
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