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title: Epiphany's Prayer
description: A simple prayer to the Christ child for epiphany.
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# Epiphany's Prayer

Jan 7, 2015 7:00:24 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest)

[![The Adoration of the Magi (L'adoration des mages) by James Tissot](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/tissot-the-adoration-of-the-magi-616x755x72-326x400.jpg?width=326&height=400&name=tissot-the-adoration-of-the-magi-616x755x72-326x400.jpg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/tissot-the-adoration-of-the-magi-616x755x72.jpg) The Adoration of the Magi (L'adoration des mages) by James Tissot

Christmas is put away for another year. Our modern world is on ordinary time until Valentine's Day.

But it's Epiphany now. Our almost secret celebration until *our* Ordinary Time nudges in for a bit before Lent.

With few watching, Epiphany declares the wisdom of adoration. Maybe it is good that the world has moved on. Maybe it allows more space for quiet. A little reflection and longing.

I find myself at this time both a child of the world and a child of the church. Prayers and readings remain grounded in the miracle of Christmas and Epiphany, but the kids have gone back to school and the rhythms of normal life marches on.

Each year I find myself grasping backwards, trying to hold on to all that Advent anticipated. This year that meant a new prayer:

#### **Epiphany's Prayer**

 I was there at the party  
 for you in your home  
 now it's back to the world  
 of the cars and the phones

The sparkle, the lights  
 The reminders of small  
 are packed up all tight  
 'til the end of next fall

Like the bleakness you entered  
 The emptiness here  
 is confusing and mad  
 and filled up with fear

I need the reminders  
 To follow the star  
 To not get distracted  
 From the places you are

To all that I think  
 makes me ok and smart  
 you smile and love past  
 into my broken heart

Christ child of the ages  
 Christ child of our time  
 Come even now  
 to this stable of mine

Make it be not too late  
 to kneel at the cradle  
 and offer my heart  
 as best as I'm able

Make it be not too late  
 to turn and to pray  
 for the grace to invite  
 the baby to stay

O little one sent  
 to fill us with light  
 keep hold of my finger  
 by day and by night

*Copyright 2014, Michelle Dawn Jones*

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