--- title: "Where Love Shines: An Epiphany" description: "Where Love Shines: An Epiphany" --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2013/01/04/where-love-shines-an-epiphany#) # Where Love Shines: An Epiphany Jan 4, 2013 9:00:12 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) ![Where Love Shines: An Epiphany](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/mom-and-dad-wedding.jpg?width=206&height=260&name=mom-and-dad-wedding.jpg) Where Love Shines: An Epiphany Love can take many forms. A gentle hand on a feverish brow. A knowing smile across a crowded room. A deep breath that swallows a word best left unsaid. * * > And once, in all of human history, love took the form of a star. > And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, > until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. > They were overjoyed at seeing the star, > and on entering the house > they saw the child with Mary his mother. > They prostrated themselves and did him homage. > Then they opened their treasures > and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. > From Matthew 2   In the darkness of the world, love shone through even brighter. That, too, is the nature of love – the darker the night, the brighter the star. With that in mind, I would like to invite you to join me in “The Love Project” ([http://heidihesssaxton.wordpress.com/the-love-project/](http://heidihesssaxton.wordpress.com/the-love-project/)), a series of posts, quotes, and stories that showcase the many kinds of human love, and how that love images the love of God in the world. If you have a favorite quote or story that you would like to contribute, please either post a link on the website, or send it to me at [Heidi.hess.saxton@gmail.com](mailto:Heidi.hess.saxton@gmail.com). This project will continue every day through Valentine’s Day – and possibly after that, if enough people want to participate. Each day I include a little “Today’s Love in Action” step to help you shine a little brighter in your corner of the world. I hope you find time to join us . . . and maybe leave a comment! 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