~Pope St. Leo I (reigned A.D. 440-61): from Sixth Sermon on the Epiphany.
The Journey of the Magi, by James Tissot.
Oil on canvas, c. 1894; Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Pope St. Leo I: The Epiphany
“THAT day, beloved children, on which Christ, the Savior of the world, for the first time appeared to the gentiles, is to be venerated with a most holy honor by us also. . . . For that day is not past in such a way that the power of the work which was then revealed should be past as well.”
~Pope St. Leo I (reigned A.D. 440-61): from Sixth Sermon on the Epiphany.
~Pope St. Leo I (reigned A.D. 440-61): from Sixth Sermon on the Epiphany.