Collect · Jan 3, 2015 · Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
WDTPRS: Epiphany – Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
Novus OrdoEpiphany — Jan 3, 2027, Jan 2, 2028
Deus, qui hodierna die Unigenitum tuum stella duce revelasti, concede propitius, ut qui iam te ex fide cognovimus, usque ad contemplandam speciem tuae celsitudinis perducamur.Fr. Z’s literal rendering
O God, who on this very day revealed your Only-begotten, a star as the guide, graciously grant, that we, who have already come to know You by faith, may be led all the way unto the beauty of Your glory to be contemplated.
In the ancient Western Church and in the East, Epiphany was more important than the relative latecomer Christmas. Epiphany is from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. There are many “epiphanies” of God in the Scripture. Think, for example, of the burning bush encountered by Moses. The Latin Church’s antiphons for Vespers reflect the tradition that Epiphany…