{"id":86455,"date":"2016-01-06T08:07:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=86455"},"modified":"2016-01-15T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T18:33:00","slug":"its-the-epiphany-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/its-the-epiphany-again\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the Epiphany! (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_86456\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/its-the-epiphany-again\/adoration-of-the-magi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86456\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86456\" data-attachment-id=\"86456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/its-the-epiphany-again\/adoration-of-the-magi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=3000%2C2923&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2923\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;CNS\/Conception Abbey&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Epiphany is depicted in a mural titled \\&quot;Adoration of the Magi\\&quot; in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo. Painted by Benedictine monks in the late 1800s, the artwork is the first appearance of the German Beuronese style in a U.S. church. Christians celebrate the incarnation of the divine word -- the birth of Christ -- Dec. 25. The feast of the Epiphany is Jan. 2. (CNS photo courtesy Conception Abbey) (Nov. 8, 2004)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&#039;ADORATION OF THE MAGI&#039;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adoration of the Magi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Epiphany is depicted in a mural titled &amp;#8220;Adoration of the Magi&amp;#8221; in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo. Painted by Benedictine monks in the late 1800s, the artwork is the first appearance of the German Beuronese style in a U.S. church. Christians celebrate the incarnation of the divine word &amp;#8212; the birth of Christ &amp;#8212; Dec. 25. The feast of the Epiphany is Jan. 2. (CNS photo courtesy Conception Abbey) (Nov. 8, 2004)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=860%2C838&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?resize=240%2C234\" alt=\"The Epiphany\" width=\"240\" height=\"234\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?resize=240%2C234&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?resize=150%2C146&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?resize=768%2C748&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?resize=1024%2C998&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?w=1720 1720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?w=2580 2580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-86456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Adoration of the Magi&#8221; &#8211; mural in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"drop\">Happy Epiphany! Today is the traditional date of this great Solemnity, and in many places throughout the world (like, I dunno, <em>Rome <\/em>for instance) it is still celebrated today.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">I<\/span>n my monastic diurnal, certainly, today&#8217;s Divine Office is for the Epiphany.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this feast, you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/epiphanyish\/\">last Sunday&#8217;s article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you celebrate it, I pray the blessings of the season will be yours!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Epiphany! Today is the traditional date of this great Solemnity, and in many places throughout the world (like, I dunno, Rome for instance) it is still celebrated today. In my monastic diurnal, certainly, today&#8217;s Divine Office is for the Epiphany. For more information on this feast, you can read last Sunday&#8217;s article. Whenever you celebrate it, I pray the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-days","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=3000%2C2923&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mur","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106742,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/epiphany-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":86455,"position":0},"title":"Epiphany! (Probably)","author":"Thom","date":"02 January 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is... complicated. Depending on what calendar you happen to be using, today might very well be the great Solemnity of the Epiphany. Or not. In a sense, the Feast of the Epiphany is the culmination (if not quite the end) of the Christmas Season. 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Although in the United States, Canada, and a few other places it will be celebrated tomorrow (Sunday). Being Americans, we will celebrate on Sunday. Being Benedictines and following our traditional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Annual&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Annual","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/annual\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=1200%2C1169&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=1200%2C1169&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=1200%2C1169&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=1200%2C1169&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/epiphany.jpg?fit=1200%2C1169&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":107531,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-epiphany-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":86455,"position":4},"title":"The Epiphany*","author":"Thom","date":"06 January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"* Certain restrictions may apply, including location, calendar, and affiliation with religious congregation. most of the world and through most of the last two millennia, the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated today. 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