‘Epiphany’ is a Greek word which means something like ‘manifestation of divinity’. Traditionally, it has been linked to three events in Jesus’s life: the adoration of the Magi, which we hear described in today’s Gospel; Jesus’s baptism in the Jordan, which we will celebrate next Sunday; and his first recorded miracle at the wedding feast at Cana. Each of these events is an epiphany, because, in each one, Jesus is revealed as more than simply a human being—in them, his divinit
Like the others feasts and celebrations that make up the Christmas season, the remembrance of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph gives us another opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the incarnation whereby the Eternal Word of God, the Son of God, who is God, came to live among us – and not just to live among us but to live among us as one of us and for all of us. In working the miracle of the Word made flesh God chose to become part of a human family, not just sym
I was marking essays recently and, noticing how a couple of students had put their trust in AI and had been disappointed, I was reminded of a line from one of the Harry Potter novels, when Mr Weasley says: “Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brains.” We are human beings and we deal best with “others” if those “others” are also human beings physically present to us. Despite the technological advances that enable us to communicate
From the beginning, St Dominic’s friars have set about preaching with the mind of the Church. Our homilies are offered here for the good of their readers and the support of homilists everywhere.
