This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of The Lord.
This is the beginning of the Season of Epiphany, in which we celebrate the Revelation of Our Lord Jesus Christ as His Glory and Divinity are Revealed to the World.
St. Matthew tells us that after Christ was born to the Virgin Mary, Wise Men from the East came looking for the Child who was Born as King, for they had seen His Star and had come to pay Him homage.
May we learn from the example of these Wise Men.
Christ is revealed to those who are looking for Him, and they will recognize His star at its rising.
Christ is among us, let us travel to where He resides and pay Him homage.
The Eternal Word, The Lord, has become Flesh – Let us come to Him in awe, being “overwhelmed with Joy” as the Wise Men were.
“On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage” (Matthew 2:11).
O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
