I know I usually post our blog on Friday evenings, but this week I wanted to wait until Sunday for a reason. It is currently 5:45 in Puerto Rico, and the sun is about to set on the Eve of Three King's Day, and a quiet has descended on our little valley. If you are not Catholic (or of a nationality where Catholicism or Orthodoxy are prevalent) its doubtful you are giving much thought to today and tomorrow, and that is sad in a way. Not because of anything overtly religious, but because the Epiphany is a great reminder of love, faith and tolerance.
For those who follow the story of Christmas, Epiphany marks the day when the rather remarkable (and unconventional) monotheism practiced by the Jews went mainstream; the day representatives of Zoroastrianism from Persia, Ethiopia and Europe, following a mystery of their faith, at last found the infant they sought. Whether you ascribe to the teachings or divinity of that infant is immaterial to the story. What matters is that three very learned, distinguished, and diverse scholars traveled for twelve days through a desert looking for what they believed was a sign of hope for the world. And what a collection of diversity they represented too, especially for the standards of the day!
My point being, in a world where we look for things to divide us each and every day, we might take a moment to pause and reflect on the unity Three King's Day offers; a day when the known world united in spirit at a little house in the Levant where a carpenter and his wife were lodging with their new born infant. Strip away everything else, and it still gives each of us a reason to follow our own personal star in hopes of discovering a better world for the rest of humanity.
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