Church liturgy helps us to pass through a series of epiphanies, i.e., revelations of God, in this ‘Epiphany Octave’ or Epiphany week starting from last Sunday, ‘Epiphany Sunday’.
Yesterday’s (Epiphany Monday) gospel (Mt. 4:12-17, 23-25) gave the epiphany of “Jesus as a light” by presenting the starting of Jesus’ Galilean ministry as the coming of light into the people who sit in darkness!
Today’s gospel, Jesus’ miraculous feeding of a great multitude is not merely a miracle alone. It is a manifestation of God’s love in action. It is the revelation of something wonderful about God, an epiphany of God’s mercy and providence.
Today’s gospel gives an extraordinary epiphany or revelation that any genuine experience of love, mercy and compassion love is an epiphany for us. When we become instruments of God’s mercy and compassion, we too become epiphanies of Divine Love. Amen.
Fr. Jerry Joseph Vallomkunnel MCBS