modern EPIPHAnies
Epifanio delos Santos is a famous name in the annals of Philippine history. His name has been made more famous because a major thoroughfare in Manila, which used to be called Highway 54, was named after him. This road rose to international fame because of the bloodless revolution that took place along that very highway in 1986. When the famed EDSA revolution reached its peak on February 25, this road teemed with millions of people.
I remember hearing this from a radio commentator during those perilous times. It was reported that soldiers from above (in choppers, perhaps) have already been given orders to crush the revolution. But what they witnessed from the sky prevented them from starting an assault — the throngs of people along EDSA and Santolan Road formed a cross. And it just made those soldiers shudder with the thought that they would attack the cross formed by those people fighting for freedom. I recall vividly how the radio announcer described the experience, “It was a real Epifanio delos Santos or Epiphany of Saints. Those people came in droves and formed, albeit unwittingly, the symbol of their liberation. In their zeal to topple the forces that oppress them, they have manifested the forces of the good, the forces of the saints.”
Today we celebrate the greatest of all epiphanies, God’s manifestation of the God-self to humanity. And just as we marvel at how divine epiphanies can effect change, we pray that God will see us worthy to behold His divine countenance as we truly strive to be drawn by His manifestation to an authentic transformation of our own lives. Fr. Sandy V. Enhaynes
REFLECTION QUESTION: How has the Lord manifested Himself to you lately?
When I am down and out, Lord, please manifest Yourself to me. And when someone is in need of Your presence, let me manifest You to him.
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