Everything Ordinary But the Star

January 6, despite its more recent sinister connotations, is Epiphany, whose scripture passage is Matthew 2.

In preaching this scripture, the church father John Chrysostom proclaimed:

“The star of Bethlehem was not an ordinary star, for no other star has this capacity to guide, not merely to move but to beckon and invite...The star remained after bringing them to the place, in order that the child might also be seen. For there is nothing conspicuous about Christ. The inn was ordinary. The mother was ordinary. The star needed to manifest and illumine the ordinary until they had reached their destination.”

- John Chrysostom

Here is an epiphany sermon from the vault.

Happy Three Kings Day!