"Epiphany" comes from the Greek word "epiphaneia" (manifestation or appearance) which is used to describe the light breaking the night's darkness in the crack of dawn. If I could have my way, I would perhaps additionally use the word to describe the first glimpse of light at the end of a hopeless, seemingly unending pitch-black tunnel. A light that pulsates and intensifies ~ and beckons. Or perhaps, the very first sign of a meal that is about to be served to a literally starving person.
Briefly, Epiphany Sunday is a special day in the Western liturgical calendar, on which Christians celebrate Christ's light finally coming into a world of darkness as God Himself had promised ~ whereby Emmanuel, in the fullness of God's time (cf. Gal 4:4-5) and yet amidst the ordinary, earthly going-ons ~ had been revealed. Not only to the Jewish people... but also to the Gentiles.
Some of the Bible passages that were read for Epiphany Sunday this year (based on the common lectionary) are as follows:
Isaiah 60
Matthew 2:1-12
Ephesians 3:1-12
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