The story of the Magi in Matthew 2 is the traditional text for the first Sunday in Epiphany. Let’s review it, and notice all the moments of divine revelation, “epiphany” occur. I have a special “mash up” translation. Wise Men Visit the King CSB / Voice (The Message ,Amplified) 2 After Jesus was born in […]

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you!” Isaiah 60:1 (NIV) This Isaiah passage is one of the traditional texts that would be read at an Epiphany service in a liturgical church.  Epiphany falls on January 6 in the West, however, the date for the Eastern Orthodox churches is […]

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes […]