Epiphany: setting out anew from Christ...

“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

“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

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. - Matt 2:10-11

 "Today we must make our own the happiness 
which filled the Wise Men on their journey to Christ... 
Above all, we must imitate them
as they place at the Child's feet not only three gifts,
but also their lives...

We need to 'set out anew from Christ,'
with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.

To set out from Him above all

in a daily commitment to holiness,

with an attitude of prayer
and of listening to His word.

To set out from Him

in order to testify to His love
by living a Christian life
marked by communion,

charity and witness before the world."

Saint John Paul II

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way

the Magi suggest something of great significance for us. 

Our true country is paradise.  

Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, 
we are forbidden to return to it 
on the path by which we left it. 

For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience,

by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  

So we must now return another way:

by way of tears, by way of obedience, 
by contempt of the world, by restraining the 
desires of the flesh.” - St Gregory the Great

Photo Image above: Christ Our Life Conference, Des Moines, IA ~ USA (2014)

 

Chalking the Door: Blessing Your Home for Epiphany –

Epiphany: setting out anew from Christ ...

“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

“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

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. - Matt 2:10-11

 "Today we must make our own the happiness 
which filled the Wise Men on their journey to Christ... 
Above all, we must imitate them
as they place at the Child's feet not only three gifts,
but also their lives...

We need to 'set out anew from Christ,'
with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.

To set out from Him above all

in a daily commitment to holiness,

with an attitude of prayer
and of listening to His word.

To set out from Him

in order to testify to His love
by living a Christian life
marked by communion,

charity and witness before the world."

Saint John Paul II

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way

the Magi suggest something of great significance for us. 

Our true country is paradise.  

Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, 
we are forbidden to return to it 
on the path by which we left it. 

For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience,

by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  

So we must now return another way:

by way of tears, by way of obedience, 
by contempt of the world, by restraining the 
desires of the flesh.” - St Gregory the Great

Photo Image above: Christ Our Life Conference, Des Moines, IA ~ USA (2014)

 

Chalking the Door: Blessing Your Home for Epiphany –

Epiphany: set out anew from Christ...

“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

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. - Matt 2:10-11

 "Today we must make our own the happiness 
which filled the Wise Men on their journey to Christ... 
Above all, we must imitate them
as they place at the Child's feet not only three gifts,
but also their lives...

We need to 'set out anew from Christ,'
with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.

To set out from Him above all

in a daily commitment to holiness,

with an attitude of prayer
and of listening to His word.

To set out from Him

in order to testify to His love
by living a Christian life
marked by communion,

charity and witness before the world."

Saint John Paul II

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way

the Magi suggest something of great significance for us. 

Our true country is paradise.  

Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, 
we are forbidden to return to it 
on the path by which we left it. 

For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience,

by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  

So we must now return another way:

by way of tears, by way of obedience, 
by contempt of the world, by restraining the 
desires of the flesh.” - St Gregory the Great

Photo Image above: Christ Our Life Conference, Des Moines, IA ~ USA (2014)

 

Chalking the Door: Blessing Your Home for Epiphany –

Epiphany: setting out anew from Christ...

“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 

 

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. - Matt 2:10-11

 "Today we must make our own the happiness 
which filled the Wise Men on their journey to Christ... 
Above all, we must imitate them
as they place at the Child's feet not only three gifts,
but also their lives...

We need to 'set out anew from Christ,'
with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.

To set out from Him above all

in a daily commitment to holiness, 

with an attitude of prayer
and of listening to His word.

To set out from Him 

in order to testify to His love
by living a Christian life
marked by communion, 

charity and witness before the world."

Saint John Paul II

Painting above: Adoration of the Magi~ Leonardo De Vinci

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way 

the Magi suggest something of great significance for us.  

Our true country is paradise.  

Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, 
we are forbidden to return to it on the path by which we left it.  

For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience, 

by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  

So we must now return another way: 

by way of tears, by way of obedience, by contempt of the world, 

by restraining the desires of the flesh.” - St Gregory the Great

Photo Image above: Christ Our Life Conference, Des Moines, IA ~ USA (2014)

 

Click here:  The Epiphany of the Lord - 

Chalking the Door: Blessing Your Home for Epiphany – 

Epiphany: setting out anew...

“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 

"He whom the Virgin bore is acknowledged today by the whole world...Today is the glorious Feast of His Manifestation"  
(Roman Breviary).

 "Today we must make our own
the happiness which filled the Wise Men
on their journey to Christ... Above all, we must imitate them
as they place at the Child's feet not only three gifts,
but also their lives...

We need to 'set out anew from Christ,'
with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.

To set out from Him above all in a 

daily commitment to holiness, 

with an attitude of prayer and of listening to His word.

To set out from Him 

in order to testify to His love by 

living a Christian life marked by communion, 

charity and witness before the world."

Saint John Paul II

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way 

the Magi suggest something of great significance for us.  

Our true country is paradise.  

Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, we are forbidden 

to return to it on the path by which we left it.  

For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience, 

by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  

So we must now return another way: 

by way of tears, by way of obedience, by contempt of the world, 

by restraining the desires of the flesh.” - St Gregory the Great

Image: Corpus Christi Catholic Church - Lexington, SC ~ USA

 

  Fr. Tom Hoisington shares an inspiring homily on this special feast day.
Click here:  The Epiphany of the Lord - 

Epiphany: Testifying to His love...

“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) 

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. - Matt 2:10-11

 

“Today we must make our own the happiness which filled the Wise Men on their journey to Christ… Above all, we must imitate them as they place at the Child’s feet not only three gifts, but also their lives… We need to ‘set out anew from Christ,’ with the zeal of Pentecost, with renewed enthusiasm.  

To set out from Him above all in a daily commitment to holiness, with an attitude of prayer and of listening to His word.  To set out from Him in order to testify to His love by living a Christian life marked by communion, charity and witness before the world.” 

Saint John Paul II

 

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way the Magi suggest something of great significance for us.  Our true country is paradise.  Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, we are forbidden to return to it on the path by which we left it.  For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience, by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  So we must now return another way: by way of tears, by way of obedience, by contempt of the world, by restraining the desires of the flesh.”- St Gregory the Great

 

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

“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.

Sublime offerings ...

 Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

January 6

 

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. ~ Matt 2:10-11

 

 

The Star of Bethlehem (tapestry) ~ Sir Edward Coley Burnes-Jones

 

 

 “Let us remain in adoration: and to Him,

who, in order to save us, humbled Himself to such a degree of

poverty as to receive our body, let us offer not only

incense, gold and myrrh, the first as God, the second as king,

and the third as one who sought death for our sake,

but also spiritual gifts more sublime

than those which can be seen with the eyes.”

 

St. Gregory Nazienzen

 

 

 

 

O, come let us adore Him -

Christ the LORD!

“In returning to their own land by another way the Magi suggest something of great significance for us.  Our true country is paradise.  Having now come to the knowledge of Jesus, we are forbidden to return to it on the path by which we left it.  For we left our land by the path of pride, of disobedience, by following after wealth, by eating forbidden food.  So we must now return another way: by way of tears, by way of obedience, by contempt of the world, by restraining the desires of the flesh.”

St Gregory the Great