Sunday, Jan. 8, is the Epiphany of the Lord. Mass readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12. In this Gospel we follow the Magi in their journey of ...

Three kings in full costume will arrive at San Fernando Cathedral Hall this afternoon as a narrator tells the well-known story of wise men or magi who followed a star that led them to the Christ child ...

The Feast of the Epiphany, or Three Kings’ Day, is a celebration of the visit of the Magi, wise men from the East, to the baby Jesus the second Sunday after Christmas. In our current age of skepticism ...

As the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6 approaches, we once again meet the mysterious Magi, bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is professor emeritus of history ...

They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered ...

What is the significance of the Three Wise Men? Three Kings Day, also known as Little Christmas and the Feast of the Epiphany, is celebrated on Jan. 6 as the occasion when three gift-bearing Magi ...

Christmas Day, December 25, is not the end of the Christmas season. In many countries there are 12 days of Christmas culminating with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6th. That is when the “Magi, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scholars have provided different interpretations of who the 'wise men' were who visited Jesus soon after his birth. Christophe ...

When I was a child, the small nativity scene my family displayed at Christmas included only a single king rather than the traditional three. Perhaps two had gotten lost before my family inherited the ...

The welcome winter festival has been upon us, starting with the solstice of the sun and carrying on until those late-arriving gift-givers, the magi, finally show up, as they will, in all their many ...

In the second chapter of his Gospel, the Apostle Matthew writes of magi from the east who followed a star to an infant child they worshipped as the king of the Jews. His story helped set a scene that ...