Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
January 7, 2024
Saint Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6
Matthew 2:1-12
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. The Church’s liturgy offers us readings that convey the theme of light over darkness, revelation over discovery, and peace over war. All three of these themes are cast from the truth that God has entered human history by taking on human nature, purifying it of sin, and being born in Bethlehem in accord with the prophets and the Law.
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Homily for the Vigil of the Epiphany of the Lord
Mass on the Occasion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 7, 2023
St. Michael Church
Bedford, Texas
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6
Matthew 2:1-12
The solemnity of the Epiphany is about God’s self-revelation that both offers and requires the gift of faith. Through the solemnity of the Epiphany, God invites us into the mystery of the Truth, the Truth that we seek to discover through reason and science and the fuller Truth that we come to know through the gift of faith. One Truth, two paths: faith and reason. The Magi, whom we meet in today’s Gospel reading from Matthew are not simply people who have a warm spiritual experience in seeing the precious Baby Jesus, they are people who have followed their path laid out by reason and the science of their contemporary times and then receive the revelation that the Infant Jesus is truly the Son of God, worthy of nothing less than worship.
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Homily for the Epiphany of the Lord
Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Benedict XVI
January 8, 2023
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, TX
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6
Matthew 2:1-12
The Solemnity of the Epiphany is about God’s self-revelation that both offers and requires the gift of faith. Through the Solemnity of the Epiphany, God invites us into the mystery of the truth — the truth that we seek to discover through reason and science and the fuller Truth that we come to know through the gift of faith. One truth, two paths: faith and reason.
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Homily for the Epiphany of the Lord
January 3, 2021
St. Patrick Cathedral
Fort Worth, Texas
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6
Matthew 2:1-12
The Feast of the Epiphany is about the gift of a revelation that both offers and requires the gift of faith. The Feast of the Epiphany invites us into the mystery of the truth, the truth that we seek to know through reason and science and the truth that we come to know through the gift of faith. One truth, two paths, faith and reason. The Magi, whom we meet in today’s Gospel reading from Matthew are not simply people who have a warm spiritual experience in seeing the Baby Jesus, they are people who follow their path laid out by reason and the science of their contemporary times and this path delivers them to discover the King who is promised to be born in Bethlehem.
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