The New Liturgy of the Revised Roman Missal Liturgical Minute – C4 Epiphany The Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men or magi from the East, revealing that Jesus, Son of God, is not only the Messiah of Israel, but also Savior of the entire world. Epiphany comes from a Greek verb meaning, "to reveal," "to shine upon," "to manifest," or “to make known.” Epiphany originally celebrated four different events in which Christ is made known to the world, to include the Nativity of Jesus, wherein the angels bear witness to his miraculous birth, and three additional events that “made known,” the mission and divinity of Christ – those being the visitation of the Wise Men, signifying the extension of salvation to the Gentiles; the Baptism of Christ, when the voice of God the Father is heard declaring that Jesus is His Son; and the changing of water into wine at the wedding in Cana, Eventually, the celebration of Epiphany was separated, first, into Christmas, the revelation of Christ to the people of Israel, represented by the shepherds who bowed down before him, and second, Epiphany itself, celebrating the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas when Christ was revealed to the Gentiles, represented by the Wise Men from the east who came to pay homage to him. The arrival of the Wise Men signified that they sought in Israel, in the messianic light and promise contained in the Star of David, the one who will be king of all nations. .