Surely it must have been a hot, bright day: it is hard to imagine it being cloudy and drizzly. From the sound of the story, it was just the twelve of them and Him. They had been travelling through the hills north of Capernaum and were now coming “into the district of Caesarea Phillipi,” which [...]
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Rocky, Part One
Posted in Epiphany, Saints, tagged confession, Jesus, Peter on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
La Befana
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Befana, Epiphany, Pinza della Befana on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It made no sense really. Three strange men, well-dressed, well-spoken, two shy of handsome and one savagely beautiful at my door. I live in the middle of nowhere in the house of my parents, my inheritance and holder of my memories. Each memory is enclosed in a part of the house or in a thing [...]
The Journey of the Magi
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Eliot, Epiphany, Journey of the Magi on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. And the camels galled, sore-footed,refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times when we regretted The summer palaces [...]
Frankly French: The Galette des Rois
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Epiphany, feve, france, galette des rois on January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In France the dish of Epiphany is the Galette des Rois, the Cake of the Kings. Like most things French, it is quite simple, unless you start dealing with the foundational garments in which case it becomes incredibly complex and time consuming and in order to cope you find yourself drinking a bottle of wine, [...]
“Joy!” said the goy, “Unto US has been born a boy!”
Posted in Epiphany, tagged Christ, Epiphany, manifestation on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
January 6, the feast of the Epiphany, is likely the most important feast in the liturgical calendar of which even those raised in the liturgical calendar are ignorant, which is a pity because as the rector of a local Anglo-Catholic parish likes to point out, unless you are of Jewish descent, Epiphany is your holiday. [...]
