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On this feast, which brings the Christmas season to its close, the Church presents us with the second great “Epiphany” or manifestation of Our Lord. While the Magi revealed Christ to the Gentiles, the Baptism in the Jordan reveals Him to Israel as the Son of God. There is a profound paradox here. Saint John…

On this great Solemnity of the Epiphany, the Church celebrates the manifestation of the Incarnate Word to the Gentiles. The Magi, travelling from the East, represent all the nations of the earth called out of the darkness of paganism into the admirable light of Christ.   Led by the star—a symbol of actual grace—they embark…

On this Feast of the Holy Family, the Gospel presents not a scene of domestic tranquility, but one of peril, persecution, and exile. We see the Holy Family not merely as a sentimental ideal, but as a “Church in miniature” surviving in a hostile world. Herod, a type of the world that rejects Christ, seeks…

On this Fourth Sunday of Advent, as the violet candles burn low and the anticipation of Christmas reaches its height, the Church turns our gaze to Saint Joseph, the silent guardian of the Redeemer. The Gospel reveals Joseph as a “just man.” Faced with the profound mystery of Mary’s pregnancy, he does not expose her…