The Feast of Light

Epiphany is sometimes called the “Feast of Light.” Epiphany remembers the revelation of Jesus as king and Messiah to the gentiles when the Magi visited the young Jesus. The Wise Men are the first gentiles to meet Jesus and they greet him as a king with kingly gifts.

Revelation is only achieved by light. There is no other way to see. And without light there is only darkness—which is the world the gentiles (indeed all of us) live in before Christ is revealed. The light of the guiding star led the Magi to the light of the world.

It is common for churches…