January 11, 2026, The Baptism of the Lord: Because the word epiphany means “manifestation or openly appearing,” both feasts—the visit of the Magi and the baptism of Jesus—qualify as epiphanies. Both manifest Jesus’ status as the Christ, King of the Jews, and God’s Son.
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Read: Pope Leo’s Epiphany homily for the close of the Jubilee of Hope
(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV presided over the rite of the closing of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica Jan. 6, 2026, officially ending the Jubilee of Hope, which began Christmas Eve 2024. He also presided over Mass for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord in the basilica. Below is the […]
Posted inPoetry
Our Epiphany
Because they left, they could arrive.
Because they searched, they could find.
Because they wandered, they discovered.
Posted inThe Word
An Epiphany for all
January 4, 2026, The Epiphany of the Lord: Each year, our church celebrates this feast as a declaration that with Jesus’ birth we once again acknowledge the viable manifestation of this divine in-breaking event.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Open your hearts to baby Jesus and one another, Pope Leo says on Christmas
In celebrating the morning liturgy publicly, Pope Leo restored a tradition that had lapsed for 30 years.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: To turn away others is to turn away God
“Where there is room for the human person, there is room for God,” the pope said in his homily on Dec. 24 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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There is room for Jesus: a Christmas homily on what Luke’s Gospel really says
We argue over nativity scenes, traditional and contemporary, and miss the essential point of Christ’s birth.
There is room—God is born in a house already full, where people make space.
Preach host Ricardo da Silva reflects on what Luke’s Gospel teaches about Jesus’ birth.
Posted inThe Good Word
What is more fragile than family?
A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, by Father Terrance Klein
Posted inThe Good Word
A Tale of Two Christmases
There is a Christmas we sell and a Christmas the Lord offers.
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All children kidnapped from Nigeria Catholic school will be home for Christmas
Catholics in northwestern Nigeria are celebrating just days before Christmas, as the last group of students kidnapped from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri has been freed.