“We have come to do him homage.”

“The Magi set out because of a deep desire which prompted them to leave everything and begin a journey.  It was as though they had always been waiting for that star.”  - Pope Benedict XVI

Solemnity of the Epiphany 

January 6 - traditional date*

*(In the United States the feast is celebrated

on the first Sunday following January 1st)

 

“No one, whether shepherd or wise man, can approach God here below except by kneeling before the manger at Bethlehem

and adoring him hidden in the weakness of a new-born child.”

- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 563

 

 

“We have come to do him homage.” These words of the magi, during their journey to find the baby Jesus, compel us to adore Him today in the Holy Eucharist.

Pope Bl. John Paul II reminds us that the real presence of Jesus is with us today, “the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love.”

The Church and the Eucharist

 

 

  Fr. Tom Hoisington shares an inspiring homily on this special feast day.