The Feast of the Epiphany today traditionally links three events from the Gospels: The visit of the Magi, when God revealed Himself to the Gentiles; the Baptism of the Lord, when the heavens opened and the Father revealed Jesus to be His Beloved Son; and the wedding feast at Cana, when Jesus revealed Himself through His first public miracle.

(Just look at the antiphons for today’s Solemnity in the Divine Office. They routinely mention all three events, as do writings from the Church Fathers.)

This year, 2024, happens to be the 10 year anniversary of what I call my conversion experience: when Jesus revealed His personal love and providential care for me, personally, to me on May 30, 2014.

Before Lent, I had invited Him in. By grace I’d recognized my restlessness and that I wasn’t focused on God as I should be. I didn’t have a prayer life. I told Jesus, “I’m going to give you a chance like I haven’t before.”

I started praying and going to Adoration, and a few months later, on a Friday night after work, it was like God came out of nowhere like a blitzing linebacker.

I was BLIND-SIDED. It was a St. Paul moment in its way: the scales fell from my eyes, and I was able to see what was really going on: how God was truly active in my life, that day and every day, how He truly loved ME, not as a face in the crowd but knowing me intimately.

That is what today’s feast is all about. Let God reveal Himself to you. Ask Him to. Somehow, in His best timing, He will. He wants nothing more.