The Epiphany
or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles
[January 6]
O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, we who know thee now by faith, may be brought to the contemplation of thy Majesty through sight; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
This Collect is to be said daily throughouth the Octave
Source Bishop Gregory of Rome [600 AD]. Cranmer in 1549 changed the original Latin to read, "who know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead;.."Epiphany means "manifestation" and so this collect reinforced the first manifestation to the Gentiles by sight. We who only know our Master by faith, shall one day see him as a result of our faith. [Barbee & Zahl]Ephesians iii. 1. Psalm XCVI, St. Matthew ii. 1.
Homilies
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Released by Primus Pilus
HQ, Legio Christi-Ecclesia Militans
"Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another" [St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans 14:19]
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