Epiphany: Post communionem
Novus OrdoEpiphany — Jan 3, 2027, Jan 2, 2028
Caelesti lumine, quaesumus, Domine, semper et ubique nos praeveni, ut mysterium, cuius nos participes esse voluisti, et puro cernamus intuitu, et digno percipiamus affectu.O Lord, we beg you, go before us always and everywhere with heavenly illumination, so that we may discern with a pure regard the sacramental mystery, of which you desired us to be participants, and perceive it with a worthy disposition. At first glance, you will see immediately a reference to the miraculous star that led the Magi to the Christ Child: “go before us with a celestial light (lumen).†There are also verbs of perceiving and discerning in our prayer (cerno…percipio). We have the image of some in a journey through a dark place who needs both light and also sharpened senses so that he can make the best use of that light lest he lose his way and…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Epiphany We come now to Twelfth Night, which this year is really Eleventh Night, since Epiphany (from the Greek for “manifestationâ€Â) is now commonly transferred to a nearby Sunday. We are still in Christmastide, that marvelous opportunity to reflect on certain mysteries of the life of the Lord. In fact, there is a threefold…