The Solemnity of the Epiphany celebrates revelation. God reveals His Son—not only to Israel, but to the nations, to the Gentiles, to strangers. Saint Paul calls this moment “the stewardship of God’s grace”: the mystery once hidden is now made visible in human flesh. Simeon had already sung it in the Temple: “a light to enlighten the Gentiles and give glory to your people Israel” (Lk 2:32). Today, that light appears again—not over palaces or centers of power, but over a child,

On this first day of the year, the Church places before us Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and invites us to begin the year by learning from her gentle, humble, and contemplative heart. The title Mother of God — Theotokos , meaning “God-bearer”—is the Church’s oldest and most solemn title for Mary. It proclaims a profound truth: Jesus is one divine Person, fully God and fully man, and Mary is truly His Mother. This truth was solemnly affirmed in 431 AD at the Council of Ephesus

“What do we do with a movie that’s going nowhere? What do we do with a book that has no plot? We put the book down. We turn off the movie. When we sense there’s no meaning, no purpose to the story, it seems pointless to go on. The same is true with life.”  — Edward Sri Edward Sri’s words apply powerfully to family life. No one desires a family with no purpose or direction—a family that feels like a story going nowhere. That is why, on this feast, the Church places before us t