Domestic Church Customs: Epiphany Octave & Epiphanytide

Today the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body.As they look, they believe and do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for God, gold for ... Read more

Domestic Church Customs: Epiphany Octave & Epiphanytide

Epiphanytide is our last big hurrah of the Christmas season before Candlemas ends the cycle on February 2nd. Always falling on January 6th in the traditional calendar, and the first Sunday after New Year’s Day in the new calendar, this feast celebrates the Wise Men’s finding of the Christ Child after following a star and is one of three times Our Lord’s divinity is revealed. As such…

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