Scripture Reflections for The Epiphany of the Lord

🙶 If we journey to the margins in our society and open our hearts to the people we meet there, I believe we will be led to change course in our own lives, to take action to avoid the injustice-perpetuating plans of the powerful and instead to protect the most vulnerable, that they may have space to flourish and share their gifts with the world 🙷

Anne Berry. "Epiphany of the Lord." Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. January 2, 2022

🙶 We might not have to go far as did the Wise Men, but their persistence can be a source of strength in our quest for healing, be it from illness, loneliness, oppression, addiction or whatever. The star is there; we have only to look for it. 🙷

Fr. Tom Tiscornia, MM. "Epiphany of the Lord." Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. January 5, 2020

🙶 They experience the meaning of this feast, which is called Epiphany because it’s when God “showed” Himself to people. The Magi receive God for what he wants to give them. And so God’s light fills their hearts. 🙷

Fr. Dominic White. "Drawn by Light." Torch. January 1, 2020

🙶 God is not a god somewhere far off in the heavens and the stars. But no, He is here, in the flesh, on this earth, helpless and in the arms of a humble woman, a modest carpenter by her side, in a dusty, backwater town in the desert 🙷

Joseph LaCombe. "Let Jesus Help You Steer." A Catholic Moment. January 7, 2018

🙶 Seekers will always be restless in their hearts unless they allow themselves to be drawn into an encounter, and then a living relationship with Christ and his Church 🙷

Fr. Robert Gay. "Directed by the Light." Torch. January 4, 2018

🙶 Epiphany is the revelation, that baby Jesus is truly God, truly human, and will die for us. 🙷

Fr. Peter Harries. "Epiphany's Revelation." Torch. January 4, 2017

🙶 The Epiphany is the proclamation to those who are not Jews, and whose faith may be far from simple, that they too shall be brought into the presence of God made man 🙷

Fr. Aidan Nichols. "With Exceeding Great Joy." Torch. December 31, 2015

🙶 Christ is available to all. Whether we are waiting for him, or have not yet responded to the call, he has come for all 🙷

Fr. Timothy Calvert. "All Are Called To Him." Torch. January 5, 2014

🙶 The Magi came from the land where the sun rises; they had to turn their back on the light in order to come to the true light who is Christ 🙷

Fr. Allan White. "Making the Journey." Torch. January 3, 2010

🙶 God reveals Himself in the form of a simple child, not only to kings, but to simple shepherds as a sign of His universality 🙷

Fr. Leo Edgar. "Stars Shine in Your Eyes." Torch. January 4, 2009

🙶 this ‘sceptre out of Israel’ arose not to subject all the nations to the rule of Israel, but to submit himself to death at the hands of the most powerful empire that had ever arisen, in order to liberate us all from the rule of any earthly king 🙷

Fr. Edmund Hill. "The Magic Kings." Torch. January 6, 2008

🙶 the visit of the Magi surely anticipates, symbolically, the possibility of mutual interest and exchange among the world’s religious traditions: opening the treasures of their wisdom even if going home by another way 🙷

Fr. Fergus Kerr. "Wise Men came from the East to Jerusalem." Torch. January 6, 2007

🙶 the magi gave him gifts in honour of the gift that he was to them, and is to us. These gifts show not that the child Jesus was needy but that we are, who long for this priestly king who gave his life for us 🙷

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe. "Empty Hands." Torch. January 6, 2006

🙶 The uneducated shepherds were given by angels an elaborate understanding of Jesus Christ: the sophisticated magi were led to more than they reckoned 🙷

Fr. Robert Ombres. "Guides for Complicated Journeys." Torch. January 6, 2005

🙶 So the Epiphany, as Matthew presents it to us, is not just about the fact that Jesus came for all peoples, but that Jesus came to die for all peoples: to die for their sins 🙷

Fr. Benjamin Earl. "The Sign of the Star." Torch. January 6, 2004

🙶 When the wise men found Jesus they saw a normal looking baby. They had to make the leap of faith to recognise that he was not only the promised king of the Jews, but God himself 🙷

Fr. Isidore Clarke. "Call, Revelation and Mission." Torch. January 5, 2003

🙶 the visit of the Magi represents the epiphany, the manifestation of God’s presence in the world, not to the Gentiles as such, but to the human intelligence, which is at once indispensable and desperately dangerous 🙷

Fr. Richard Ounsworth. "Divine Manifestation, Human Wisdom." Torch. January 6, 2002

🙶 it seems Jesus lived in the same world, the same darkness, as I live in 🙷

Mary Ortwein. "The Pull of God." A Catholic Moment. January 1, 2022

🙶 We cannot claim to be lovers of God when we openly demonstrate hatred for other brethren who do not share the same belief with us. Diversity is not contrary to unity, rather it enriches unity. 🙷

Father Lawrence Obilor. "We saw his star." A Catholic Moment. January 3, 2021

🙶 Epiphany is, in a sense, the kings of the earth bringing wedding gifts to the marriage of human and divine 🙷

John Bergsma. "Epiphany!." The Sacred Page. December 29, 2020

🙶 We must transcend our limited horizons and view global challenges as if we were looking down on planet Earth from a spaceship, a panoramic view that reveals one united biosphere not divided by national boundaries 🙷

Fr. Francis J. Breen. "Epiphany." Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. January 6, 2019

🙶 they had received from Christ infinitely more than they had given him: they had received the faith that brings with it the promise of a heavenly homeland 🙷

Fr. Richard Ounsworth. "A New Way." Torch. January 2, 2015

🙶 We believe that the child born in Bethlehem is the truth for which human heart hungers. Like the magi, we need to be attentive to the truth wherever it is to be found 🙷

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe. "Hungering for the Truth." Torch. January 6, 2013