Epiphany of the Lord (January 2, 2022)
Isa 60.1-6; Eph 3.2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2.1-12
King Herod represents those threatened and insecure people who greet the birth of a child with fear. Just as he deceitfully tried to ascertain the child’s whereabouts so that he might be killed (as he typically did with any would-be contenders to his throne), many today see the unborn child as a threat to their own throne of comfort, lifestyle, and personal autonomy.
On the other hand, the wise men from the East represent those who, through effort and quest, observed signs and followed, and despite risk and deception and danger, strive to do whatever it takes to combat the culture of death, and reverence the gift of life from conception to natural death.
Let us remember that since God did reveal his very self in human flesh, the unborn must be protected at all stages of life.
Pro-Life Intercession
That all nations may walk in the Light of Christ by enacting policies that protect human life, which is always a manifestation of God’s glory, we pray to the Lord...