Epiphany.       This Sunday, January 7th, we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord.  Epiphany means “manifestation,” and refers to the manifestation of God to His creatures – the manifestation of Jesus as the Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world (see Catechism of the Catholic Church 528 ).   Although Epiphany had been celebrated earlier in some areas, since AD 376, the Church universal has celebrated on Epiphany three grand manifestations of the Divinity of Jesus: (1) the coming of the wise men (the three kings), the first Gentiles to adore the Infant God ( Mt. 2:11 ); (2) the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan where the voice of the Eternal Father proclaims Him as, “My Beloved Son” ( Mt. 3:17 , Mk.1:11 , Lk. 3:22 ); and (3) Jesus’ changing water into wine at the marriage feast of Cana, the first of Jesus’ signs which “manifested His glory” ( Jn. 2:11 ), His Divine power, His radiance of the God’s splendor ( Heb. 1:3 ).      ...