Epiphanytide: 'Ordinary Time' or our Entrance into Eternity?
There is nothing ordinary about preparing to enter into eternity – which is what Epiphanytide (and the time after Pentecost) is all about.
In the last piece, we discussed the significance of Epiphany, and how the events which it commemorates – the coming of the Magi, the baptism of the Lord, and the Wedding at Cana – point towards the consummation of time, and the manifestation of Christ as King.
As the twentieth century liturgical writer Fr Johannes Pin…