But these non-believer wise astrologers/astronomers are also something else. They are a reminder that at the heart of every person is a profound and unquenchable desire to find Truth. Not platitudes or passing cultural fads – but real truth that lasts eternally and fills the heart with endless and complete joy. It aligns our actions for peaceful existence with each other. The truth about ourselves, all of creation, and how much we are loved. How someone is ready to pick them up and lovingly bring them back today – no matter what life has dragged them through. Truth about how we should live and treat each other. Truth that heals relationships and causes enemies to become friends. Truth that also is a profound call to constant and complete conversion of heart and action.

As a child, I loved watching shows on science. Quantum mechanics, the planets, and the universe. I became an engineer because I loved every new thing I learned about our world and how it worked. Each new thing brought joy to me. In the same way, I believe these non-believers followed the study of the stars towards truth. But there is always more. All the study of everything in the world, while great and wonderful, is simply never enough to fill our hearts.

Epiphany reminds us that no matter what course we take – we will end up at the same destination: the mystery and ‘scandal’ of divinity in a child born in a barn. Born to humble, Jewish, blue-collar parents in a country defeated and under the rule of another nation. The reality of a God that casts off all his privilege and wealth – sheds every royal garment to become a helpless child in the midst of this mess. One that call us to complete conversion of desire and heart. To reframe ourselves to value, as he does, every human being and all of creation.

May this be a blessed Epiphany for each of you.