2nd Sunday of Advent
To All the Advent Friends of Epiphany of the Lord ParishThe Second Purple Advent Candle: The Spiritual Desert of Advent Last Sunday we began Advent with the call to be vigilant; today, the Second Sunday of this season of preparation for Christmas, the liturgy indicates to us its proper content: it is a time to […]
First Sunday of Advent
December 01, 2024 To All the Advent Friends of the Parish of Epiphany of the Lord The First Purple Candle: Leading Us towards the Future of a Creative Hope We also are in a certain way in a season of a new Advent, a season of expectation: in many and various ways God spoke of old to […]
The Solemnity of Christ the King
The Solemnity of Christ the King: The Sinner’s King Sunday, November 24 To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord It has long been a common custom to give to Christ the metaphorical title of King, because of the high degree of perfection whereby he excels all creatures. So, he is said to reign […]
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dedicated to all the Parents and Young Children of Epiphany of the Lord Parish The Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple: The Mother of God is Like the Moon which Completes its Course Faster than the Other Planets. (November 21) Having barely reached the age of three years, the holy child Mary entreated her […]
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Families of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory of the Parish of the Epiphany of the Lord Mary the Mother of God: The Star of Sea Who Visits the Souls in Purgatory [The next night] I saw my Guardian Angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty […]
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed of the Parish of the Epiphany of the Lord We are Saved Together: Fostering a Culture of Encounter with the Families of the Departed Souls of the Faithful Our lives are involved with one another, through innumerable interactions they are linked together. No one lives alone. No one sins […]
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
All the Children, the Youth and all the individual Family Members of the Parish of Epiphany of the Lord Celebrating the Gospel of Life: The Mysteries of Light (Mysteria Luminosa) In proposing to the Christian community five significant moments – Luminous Mysteries – during this phase of Christs life, I [Saint John Paul II] think that the following can […]
29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Dear Marian Devotees of the Parish of the Epiphany of the Lord A Rosary for Life: The Joyful Mysteries [Mysteria Gaudiosi]To meditate upon the Joyful Mysteries, then, is to enter into theultimate causes and the deepest meaning of Christian joy. It is to focus on the realism of the mystery of the incarnation and on […]
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Parishioners of the Epiphany of the LordThe Most Holy Rosary: The School of Blessed Virgin Mary In his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, (On the Most Holy Rosary) published on 16 October 2002, the Roman Pontiff Saint John Paul II, writes the following:[To rediscover the Rosary means to immerse oneself in contemplation of the […]
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
To All the Parishioners of the Epiphany of the Lord Called by Jesus Christ to a Specific Parish Community for a Christo-centric Mission “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city [. . .].” (Jonah 1: 2). “The Lord said to him [Ananias] ‘Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the […]