(from January 14 to Septuagesima Sunday)
This period, which begins the day afer the Octave of Epiphany, is an extension of Christmastide. Jesus asserts His
Divinity--not by the appearance of angels or the Star of the Magi, ut speaking Himself as God. He subjects our hearts
to His teachings, explaining His Divine doctrine with parables and mnifesting the truth of His words and works by
many miracles.
At the time of our Lord, Palestine contained four provinces: Peraea, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee. It was in the
povince of Galilee that the miracles and preaching of Jesus took place.
At Cana, He changed thewater ino wine--his first miracle--at the request of His mother. At Nazareth, He preached his
doctrine--and "all wondered at these things that proceeded from the mouth of God," says the Communion of the fourth,
fifth, and sixth Sundays after Epiphany with te words of Luke. In Galilee, a word of our Lord cleansed the leper.
From the shore of the Lake of Fenesareth, He miraculously stilld the storm. All these miracles He performed to show His
Apostles that He was God.
The Christmas cycle has a fixed character, and the Feasts of the Nativity and Epiphany fall always on December 25
AND January 6.