Brian’s Reflection: Sat/Sun, Jan 3/4, 2009


Not all who wander are lost.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, mythologist,
born Jan 3, 1892




… a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around,
"Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn ….. the star appeared
again, the same star they had seen in the eastern skies. It led them on until
it hovered over the place of the child ….. they opened their luggage and
presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.

- Matthew 2 – from the Gospel for the Second Sunday after Christmas (Episcopal)


They have come to you, to me, to every child that has been born since the human race came about. The birth of every human being is “announced” by a “star”, noting that the deep Mystery of Existence has been added to. To every one of us “Gifts” are brought: the gold of majesty, the frankincense of divine presence, the myrrh of the wonder and mystery of the Journey of the Mortal Ones.

“God” has been born in each of us. We are made fully alive by that Presence. The Universe wheels on, and we have joined the Journey on this exquisitely beautiful speck of a planet sailing through the galaxy.

We have been granted but a few years to sail the seas of time. We have all the gifts we need to shine in the firmament. To bless the World and each other with Love and with Compassion and with Justice and with Kindness.

Follow the star that announced your birth.

Brian+