Happy Second Sunday of Epiphany! It’s great to be with you, albeit virtually. What a gift technology continues to be, right, as we move through this challenging time.
Last week in his sermon, Bruce suggested that the Adoration of the Magi, the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, and the Wedding at Cana, where Jesus turns water into wine - the story we just heard from John’s Gospel - these three together form a kind of opening triptych for this Epiphany season, this season of unveiling. Each of these events reveals a dimension of who Jesus is: God’s son, given for all the world; God’s beloved, sent to proclaim good news; and God’s incarnate word, source of life abundant.
As we continue on through Epiphany, which will last another six weeks, each Sunday Gospel reading will tell of more revelations. From the synagogue in Nazareth to the shores of the sea of Galilee to the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus will be manifesting who he is and what he has come to do. It is all great stuff...(read more)
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