In the first centuries of the Church, the Feast of the Epiphany took priority over Christmas, and even pre-existed Christmas. The Epiphany, sometimes known as the Theophany, celebrates the public manifestation of the Lord to the world. Still today our…
The psalms are full of this imagery of desperation in deep water. To the Hebrew mind, water was a natural image of anything dreadful, terrifying, destructive. The sea especially for them was a reminder of the…
Today’s Gospel, as always where St. John is concerned, is full of hidden depths, like the well which sets the scene. Jesus reveals himself as the source of living water, demonstrates that...
