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HOMILY: A Cold Coming, by Lancelot Andrewes
(Preached between 1605 and 1624 before the court of Saint James) Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,...
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POETRY: Fellow Hymn, by Sidney Godolphin
(Sidney Goldolphin died fighting in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.) Lord, when the wise men came from afar Led to thy cradle by a star, Then did the shepherds too rejoice Instructed by thy...
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POETRY: The Three Kings, by Muriel Spark
(In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of “the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.”) Where do we go from here? We left our country, Bore gifts, Followed a star. We were questioned. We...
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POETRY: Wise Men
The Magi William Butler Yeats Now as at all times I can see in the mind’s eye, In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones Appear and disappear in the blue depth of the sky With all...
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POETRY: The Magi In Europe, by Khalīl Hāwī
(Lebanon; translated from the Arabic by Diana Der Hovanessian and Lena Jayyusi.) And it came to pass that the Magi, led by the Star of the East, found the Child, and fell on their knees before him. O...
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STORY: The Night Of The Magi, by Leo Rosten
When Mr. Parkhill noticed that Miss Mitnick, Mr. Bloom, and Mr. Kaplan were absent and heard a mysterious humming beneath the ordinary sounds which preceded the start of a class session, he realized...
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POETRY: A Sonnet For Epiphany, by Malcolm Guite
It might have been just someone else’s story, Some chosen people get a special king. We leave them to their own peculiar glory, We don’t belong, it doesn’t mean a thing. But when these three arrive...
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STATIONS OF THE NATIVITY: Magi, by Raymond Chapman
From Stations of the Nativity: Meditations on the Incarnation of Christ Before the Stations Almighty God, whose blessed Son took our human nature so that we might regain our lost innocence and be...
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POETRY: The Magus, by James Dickey
It is time for the others to come. This child is no more than a god. No cars are moving this night. The lights in the houses go out. I put these out with the rest. From his crib, the child begins To...
View ArticlePOETRY: Epiphany by Robert Fitzgerald
Unearthly lightning of presage In any dark day’s iron age May come to lift the hair and bless Even our tired earthliness, And sundown bring an age of gold, Forgèd in faëry, far and old, An elsewhere...
View ArticlePOETRY: The Magi by William Butler Yeats
Now as at all times I can see in the mind’s eye, In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones Appear and disappear in the blue depth of the sky With all their ancient faces like...
View ArticlePRAYER: Epiphany
From First Vespers of Christmas in the Greek Church What gift shall we bring to Thee, O Christ, since Thou as man on Earth hast shown Thyself for us, since every creature made by Thee brings to Thee...
View ArticlePRAYER: Prayer To The Three Kings by Evelyn Waugh
Like me, you were late in coming. The shepherds were here long before, even the cattle. They had joined the chorus of angels before you were started. For you the primordial discipline of the heavens...
View ArticlePOETRY: Epiphany Poem by George Mackay Brown
The red king Came to a great water. He said, Here the journey ends. No keel or skipper on this shore. The yellow king Halted under a hill. He said, Turn the camels round. Beyond, ice summits only. The...
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