A homily for The Epiphany of the Lord, January 7, 2024
Is 60:1-6, Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6, Mt 2:1-12
In laypeople’s terms, an epiphany is a revelation or a realization, one that sometimes confounds or dumbfounds someone.
At other times, the epiphany provides reassurance or utter joy.
An epiphany is the light bulb going off over somebody’s head, or the forehead smack — duh! — of somebody who’s caught unawares, or the out-of-nowhere guffaws when that one particular friend finally “gets” the ice cream joke.
An epiphany is a confirmation through observation that something we suspected to be true really and truly is.
