Open yourself to Epiphany

My dear parish family:
Open yourself to Epiphany. Don’t just celebrate it, experience it. Don’t just watch the Maji; follow the light God is showing you. Let the Holy Spirit enable you to recognize the Savior, and let those fresh insights carry you onto new paths in this new year.
Pope Francis has proclaimed 2025 as a Jubilee, a year dedicated to an intentional, collective pursuit of the reconciling, restorative power of hope throughout the world. We are, this year, called to be pilgrims who join hands to turn hearts to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
My friends, let’s answer this call. Let’s realize that human hope changed its focus at Christ’s birth. From Bethlehem on, people began to understand that tangible redemption had come. The light around the Christ child was the long-sought deliverance from the darkness that fell over the human heart in the Garden. 
This light, this hope is not dimmed in our day. It pours out everywhere straight from God’s heart. It reaches every country, every city. It reaches Zephyrhills, and it is my personal hope that you will let it reach you and bring you peace.
You are always in my prayers.
Fr. Allan