Happy Feast of the Epiphany!

So in my continued effort to celebrate the Liturgical calendar, and to pass along some sort of first generation Catholic identity to the kids, I thought we'd really focus on Epiphany this year (mostly because we'd missed/forgotten/ignored every other feast day in the year so far.  Except Christmas.  We got that one covered).


But still, the Visitation of the Magi to the Christ Child is a pretty awesome event.  It shows that Christ's promise of salvation wasn't limited to the Jews, but was also extended to the gentiles as well.  It shows that many times it's the outsider who recognizes Christ in a situation, and points Him out to others.  It shows that no matter what your station in life, no matter how intellectually brilliant, amazingly rich, or stupendously powerful you are, a tiny baby, born into a poor, transient family, is King of us all.


What better way to celebrate that than with a big fat dinner of ham steak, au gratin potatoes, and chocolate cake?  While wearing paper crowns?  While the three year old is howling upstairs because he was a shrieking monster all day and finally, at dinnertime, the mother lost her temper and sent him away?  And also threw a fork across the living room to demonstrate her displeasure?  And then the six year old, armed with a sharp meat knife, decided to play sword swallower when he thought that same mother wasn't looking?  And then the four year old nearly gouged out the six year old's left eye while attempting to "make the apple cider get down to his stomach".


That sounds like a wonderful way to not only celebrate the Liturgical year but also instill some sort of Catholic identity in the children, doesn't it?

Happy Feast of the Epiphany, y'all.  Hopefully Jesus' ability to roll with the punches these insane people dish out is better than mine.