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Friday, January 12, 2024

What is the Season after Epiphany for?

"Holy Men" by Liz Lemon Swindle

Each season of the Christian year is designed to help congregations declare the gospel and prepare or send disciples of Jesus Christ into mission in the world. The readings provided by the Revised Common Lectionary support the purposes of each of these seasons.

Advent confronts us with the good but daunting news of the culmination of all things in Christ.

Christmas Season, from Christmas Eve through the Feast of the Epiphany, enables us to celebrate and contemplate the mystery of God becoming flesh and dwelling among us in Jesus Christ.

But what is the Season after Epiphany for? Is it just a way to count time between the end of Christmas and the beginning of Lent? Is it a primarily time to talk a lot about light? Or is it something more?

It is something more. Much more.

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