Did you know? (Sunday, February 15, 2026)

Epiphany is Greek word meaning “appearance” or “coming into light.” Greeks used it of the dawning of a new day and especially to refer to the visible manifestation of a usually invisible deity. The entire season of Epiphany, which spans the time between Advent and Lent, is one of light. It begins with the star of the magi and ends with Jesus’ transfiguration into light, and on the way we hear prophetic text about the divine light dawning (Isa. 60:1-6 on Epiphany, Isa. 42:1-9 on the First Sunday after Epiphany, and Isa. 9:1-4 on the third Sunday of Epiphany). Now this light shines in the darkness (Isa. 9:2; 60:2), and why such darkness should exists at all in God’s world in a mystery Epiphany does attempt to solve. But the light we see suffices to bring us the great joy of the magi (Matt. 2:10) and to guide us in the way we must go.