Christmas so be so obstructed in our society. The obvious complaint is the commercialism as Christmas items appear on stores shelves the day after Halloween. But This time of year, in Miami anyway, the culprit is entertainment. On the 7th day of Christmas we instead get to watch a giant orange being lowered at Bayfront park downtown. On the 10th day of Christmas, there is a NFL game with play off implications. On the 12th day of Christmas, it's the Orange Bowl College game.
The one thing we have to bring us back to celebrating Christ is Epiphany. Epiphany is the celebration of the day the three kings of the East found and honored the child with their gifts. And for added measure, they went away changed. Many Latin countries celebrate Dia de Los Reyes as a day when children receive small gifts in their shoes left at the bottom of their beds. In Miami, Little Havana will host its annual Three Kings Parade. This year the parade will be held Jan. 8 and of course feature live music.
Whether football or parade or falling oranges, we must remember, we are in this world but not of this world. We look for the presence of God and find it, in the least likely places, in the least likely towns, in remote corners of the world. We bring our gifts to honor the Christ. Emmanuel. God with us.
Amen.
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