Gospel: On #Epiphany we read the story of the Magi bringing three gifts to Jesus: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Each gift is highly symbolic: gold for the king, frankincense (an incense) for the deity, and myrrh (an oil or balm) for the one who will die. The Magi's gifts... 
...can prompt an important question: What gifts can we bring to God?
Sometimes it takes years for people to come to know their gifts. In my work as a spiritual director, I’ve seen that one of the most common problems for people is not being able to recognize, acknowledge...
Sometimes it takes years for people to come to know their gifts. In my work as a spiritual director, I’ve seen that one of the most common problems for people is not being able to recognize, acknowledge...
...or accept their individual talents.
This has nothing to do with vanity; rather, it’s an inability to see the wonderful things that God has given us—for our own flourishing and the building up of the reign of God. And as St. Paul says, there are different gifts (1 Cor 12:4)...
This has nothing to do with vanity; rather, it’s an inability to see the wonderful things that God has given us—for our own flourishing and the building up of the reign of God. And as St. Paul says, there are different gifts (1 Cor 12:4)...
One person might be a gifted listener, another a gifted cook, another a gifted teacher, and so on. Each gift contributes not only to our own happiness but the happiness of the community....
Ultimately, we’re meant to give our whole selves to God as a gift. The lyrics of the Christmas carol, “In the Bleak Mid-winter,” written by Christina Rosetti, beautifully sum this up...
“What can I give Him, poor as I am? / If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; / If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part; / Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.”
From the January issue of @GiveUsThisDayLP
Image: #Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, my home parish in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
Image: #Epiphany of Our Lord Parish, my home parish in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
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