The Epiphany House Blessing for 2026
Epiphany, which is also known as “Little Christmas,” is the feast that celebrates the arrival of the three Magi who had come to worship the Child Jesus shortly after his birth.
Traditionally, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany on January 6. The Traditional Latin Mass communities have continued with this practice. However, in the Ordinary Rite, the Novus Ordo Mass, in the United States, the celebration has been transferred to the Sunday between January 2 and January 8. Many around the world celebrate this feast with as much pomp and circumstance as Christmas, including the exchanging of gifts. The purpose is to remember the call of the Gentiles to Christianity and to be the yearly remembrance of this wonderful event. It is one of the major feast days of the year and celebrates the revelation that Jesus, the young Messiah, is the Son of God and the Light of Nations.
The primary focus is on this revelation to the Three Wise Men, but it also focuses on his baptism …