Homily from 1/2/2022

On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, we're reminded that the day isn't just about three kings, wise men, the gifts they offered a newborn baby boy, or the distance they traveled.  In fact, there might not have been three, and they probably weren't kings.  But that they came is the point.  That they followed the star, a revelation of divinity, is the purpose of this annual solemnity.  Epiphanies happen all the time, even if we aren't aware of them.  God reveals himself to every day really!  The challenge is to recognize their occurrence and be willing to be changed by them.  The wise men who followed a strange star allowed themselves to be transformed.  As we start a new year, will you allow yourself to be transformed by the same Light of the World?