The Epiphany of Our Lord

While Epiphany occurs on January 6th every year, the season of

Epiphany stretches from that day until the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday (which is

celebrated as the Transfiguration of our Lord). This season concentrates our thoughts on

the different manifestations of Christ’s glory and divinity, entailing the Nativity, the

revelation to the Magi, Jesus’s baptism, the miracle at Cana, the Transfiguration, and more,

with the baptism of our Lord being emphasized above all others. Saint Augustine said the

Church “rightly” observes the Epiphany feasts, complaining that those who have refused

to celebrate this season neither love unity nor the Church comprised of Jews and Gentiles,

for whom the Nativity Star appeared.