Seasonal events
Epiphany
Epiphany - literally the 'manifestation' or showing forth' - is the season when we discover who the babe in the Christmas manger actually is. In the arrival of the Gentile magi or wise men to worship the infant we discover a Jewish Messiah who is not just for Jews; in Jesus' baptism in the Jordan we hear that he is God's beloved Son, who intends to make us beloved sons in baptism too; in the water changed into wine at the wedding in Cana, we see the transformation of the old Jewish rites and our poverty by the riches of Jesus' grace. The season ends with the Presentation of Christ in the Temple by Mary and Joseph when Simeon and Anna recognise him as the Messiah, the 'light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of his people Israel'.
Epiphany shows us who Jesus is - someone for we gentiles, someone who wishs to gather us to himself in baptism, someone who wishs to pour upon us the rich new wine of his love: truly a man for all seasons. May the season of Epiphany open our minds to know our spiritual poverty and our hearts to receive the riches that the babe of Bethlehem offers.
Sunday 4 January - Feast of the Epiphany
9.30am Parish Mass
6pm six@nick's
Sunday 11 January - Baptism of the Lord
9.30am Parish Mass
Sunday 18 January - 2nd Sunday of Epiphany (Jesus calls Philip & Nathanael)
9.30am Parish Mass
Sunday 25 January - 3rd Sunday of Epiphany (Jesus changes water into wine at Cana)
9.30am Parish Mass
Sunday 1 February - Presentation of the Lord (Simeon & Anna recognise Jesus as the Messiah for all)
9.30am Parish Mass (Fr Garth Hewitt preaches on the current situation in the Holy Land)
6pm six@nick's (Bishop of Warrington celebrates & preaches).
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