Epiphany commemorates the visit of the Magi to the child Jesus. Read a detailed history on the Feast of Epiphany from the original Catholic Encyclopedia.
If, on the other hand, he were to add anything that did not change the meaning, he would confect, but he would be committing a mortal sin. 19 Official Traditional Catholic Directory - 29th Annual Edition (2024) March 2025 Monthly Revised Edition - www.traditio.com/nat.htm TRADITIONAL FAST...
Today, the Solemnity of Epiphany, this is how the prophet’s words resound. The ancient, evocative oracle of Isaiah in a way foretells the light that shone on the stable in Bethlehem on Christmas night, anticipating the angels’ song: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace ...
The word synodus appears probably for the first time in the so-called “Apostolic canons”, while the word concilium was employed in the same meaning by Tertullian more than a century earlier. Synod and council are, therefore, synonymous terms. When the bishops of the whole world are ...
Sadly, many well-meaning Christians in this country still think of our Church not as the one that our Lord Jesus Christ established almost 2000 years ago (see Matthew Ch. 16) but as some Pagan derivative not fit for “Bible Believing” Christians. ...
In revealing Himself, God intends to reveal the deepest meaning of creation, not a new meaning. It is new to the person who does not have faith and suddenly acquires it, but with faith, one sees Christ everywhere in it, which is why Christ could speak in parables. Grace, although ...
Some of the most passionate Catholics today are those who converted to Catholicism as an adult, and understand the meaning of the Mass and the Eucharist. So many of us did not understand the beautiful truth of our faith when we were young, but are now re-discovering the truth and beauty ...
God is beyond all sexuality and gender, as the Catechism makes clear–there are images in the scriptures and the tradition of God as mother, too–but an image has some meaning, it points to something, and the dominant image in the tradition is of God as father, and that image suggests ...
The juxtaposition of Christmas joy with the slaughter of the innocents three days later might seem a downer. Or, it’s the deeper meaning of the feast. Finally, an answer to our pain: One who shares it, is born into exile and the power of stupid thugs which may be delayed at his bir...
If the summer of protests didn’t, perhaps the shameful riots and breaching the Capital building of Epiphany 2021 will. There have been some sane voices from leaders on both sides of the divide. It is possible to hope, at least a little, that reason will eventually prevail. ...