January 6, 2026
Gospel: Matthew, Chapter 2, verses 1–12
Homily of the Pontiff Samuel
Solemn Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord
The Only-Begotten Love reveals Himself
to bestow Life
(Draft: Automatic Translation)
The King and the Star; the Child and His Mother: this is the Feast (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Three Most Beautiful Feasts”, 28/08/1994). And here are those who, having set out from afar, journey to follow the Star, to seek the Child, to come and worship Him. This is the Story of God, who becomes incarnate, who takes on flesh, who takes on Life (John 1:14). Here is the Mystery of Life: the Mystery of the Star and the Child; a Mystery of Love, a Mystery of Peace, a Mystery of Light, a Mystery of Life, of true Life (Act of the Magisterium, “Love is Life”, 5 December 2021). And all those who wish to partake of the Tree of Life (Rev 2:7), now as then, will set out on the Journey of Life so that they may be grafted as branches onto the Tree, the only Tree that gives Life, and so that they may contemplate the Star, Mary the Star, and to be able to contemplate the new Firmament of God, Mary and Her Stars, Mary crowned with Her Twelve Stars (Rev 12:1). Behold the Mystery of Life taking flesh.
Blessed are you who are here today, People of God, who – following the example of the shepherds first (Lk 2:8-16) and the Magi later (Mt 2:1-12) – have set out on your journey, braving the weather, without fear of the rain falling copiously and abundantly, just as now the Grace of God descends copiously and abundantly upon the New Jerusalem (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy City”, 23/06/1996) to shower the Promised Land with His Grace, with His Mercy.
Behold the true Blessedness of those who, having followed the Star, have once again set out on their journey: another Star, another Mary, another Maiden, She who welcomed the Child Jesus into Her Heart (Act of Magisterium, “Maria G. Norcia”, 21/01/2019); She who, out of love, gave Him to all those who would set out on their journey, believing in Jesus’ promises, believing in every promise that Jesus, in due time and at the right time, made to His Maiden, saying: “My Daughter, announce to all that this is the Land of My Return; My Daughter, announce to all that this is the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:2-3), the Promised Land, where Milk and Honey flow and will flow, where My children may live with Me for eternity, for I am the God with them, for here I pitch and will pitch My Tent and I will welcome them and feed them and quench their thirst, so that those who are hungry may be fed with the good Bread that has come down from Heaven (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Return of Jesus”, 30/10/1994), so that those who are thirsty may be quenched by Him who is the Source of eternal Life (Jn 7:37-38). “Warn everyone, My Daughter, that everything is about to be fulfilled” (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy Place of the Return of Jesus”, 19/02/1995
Behold, many, by accepting and heeding the invitation of the Maiden of God, have embarked on the Journey of Life so that they may encounter the Treasure of God and, in turn, offer their own treasure, which is the most precious gift that God has given to each of us: Life; so that all may live in Christ (Rom 6:11); so that all, having put their own “self” to death, may be grafted into Him who is God and become one, to become many little Jesuses, to become many little Marys (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “To die in order to live, to lose in order to gain”, 24 March 1985). Behold the gold, frankincense and myrrh that everyone today brings to the King of kings, bringing themselves, becoming one with Him who is (1 Cor 6:17).
Here is the Manifestation of the Only-Begotten Love. Here is the Feast: Love. God is Love, and this Love will be in all those who wish and will wish to share in the Only-Begotten Love, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Mt 28:19).
We shall manifest this Love to everyone, dear brothers and sisters. We shall bring this Message of love to everyone, even more so from today onwards, so that all those who wish to receive this Message of love from Mother Church may feel the surge of Love that sets their hearts ablaze with the Only-Begotten Love; so that this heart may be purified by the Fire of the Spirit and become a pure and holy heart, just as pure and holy is the Heart of that Maiden who welcomed the Child Jesus. Only to a pure and holy Heart could the Child Jesus reveal Himself: yes, on that distant 13 June 1947, and then reveal Himself again, so that that Heart might expand once more, welcome Him, regenerate Him, in order to bestow Life upon all those who would wish to receive it.
Feel, brothers and sisters, how Grace descends. Listen with your hearts to the copious and abundant Grace that descends. Do you feel it as I feel it? Let it remain in your hearts so as never to let it go again. This is our God. A Good God, a God of Love, a God of infinite Mercy (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Source of Mercy and Peace”, 19/04/1998) who loves His children completely, having given Himself fully, without wishing to keep anything for Himself, having given His Son, His Son, His Son. Behold the Love of a God who, out of love for His children, gives Himself, gives Himself and gives Himself again; which the world has not understood, because the world lives in another reality: a reality that is drugged and sugar-coated, where sin has taken over, where God, the Supreme Good, is no longer in first place, but where there are other goods, material rather than spiritual; where Love, uncontaminated and pure, is no longer lived, but other loves, unholy ones, are lived.
Let us bring back to the world of good will the Essence of God’s Love. Behold the King of kings (Rev 19:16), who lies here to welcome all and await all. Become bearers of this Message of love, so that this moment may mark a new beginning of the stage of the journey of God’s children. A new beginning, a new stage, a new moment of Love to set the world ablaze with pure and holy Love, so that the world, which will be set ablaze by something else—by the fire caused by man, by the fire caused by the blind violence of man who seeks peace through violence, through war (Jas 4:1-2)… may that fire be overshadowed by the Fire of Love of the Spirit (Mt 3:11), which in the New Jerusalem will ever more clearly reveal the one Light, the one Beacon of recognition of God’s Love (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Tabernacle of Jesus”, 19/06/1994).
Behold the Light that shines in the darkness (Isaiah 9:1). Behold those who will set out on their journey from distant lands, with customs and traditions different from those we, and you, are accustomed to. Well then, be ready to welcome everyone. Be ready to love everyone. For these people, who will set out on the Journey of Life, will have but one primary need: Love (Act of the Magisterium, “God is Love and dwells in the Little Cradle”, 31/08/2025), that Love which so many have denied them; the Love for Life that so many have taken from them, binding them once more in countless chains, making them slaves once more to subjugate them, to satisfy the power of the few.
And many, who once stood as champions of the least among us, once they attained power, allowed themselves to be swallowed up by that vortex and became one with it, losing that revolutionary Spirit which belonged to Jesus Christ, the greatest Revolutionary in History, who never bowed before the powerful of the world, who never allowed himself to be sucked in and conformed to their logic, but stood firm before Pilate (Jn 19:10–11), as well as before those tormentors who claimed to bring and export the Law of God, just as today so many claim to export the Law of God or true democracy to the world.
I sing with Mary: “He has looked upon the humility of his servant” (Lk 1:48); “He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree” (Lk 1:52); “He has sent the rich away empty-handed, but has filled the hungry with good things” (Lk 1:53). I sing with her, certain that these words will be fulfilled to the very end. And many who have rejected the Rock to place their own “self”, their own pride, their own selfishness at the centre, will be shattered upon that Rock, the Cornerstone of God’s Building, of God’s metaphysical Dwelling (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Dwelling established by Jesus”, 09/03/1997), New Jerusalem, the metaphysical Dwelling of God and His children, the House of God and His children. (Rev 21:2-3)
Many who now feel omnipotent will experience the true Omnipotence of God, which, through His faithful children, will now be manifested. And many will see incredible things. For this reason, peoples will stir and set out from every quarter. In the world, just as it is written, on the third day they will be left in awe before the Power of God (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Eternal Privileged Altar for the Hypostatic Union”, 30/06/1985).
Let us remain grafted onto the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Gate of Heaven, the Gate of the Father’s Heart. Today, elsewhere, other gates are closing that no longer lead to the Father’s Heart. And they will increasingly experience the darkness and gloom that is advancing and will continue to advance in so many hearts. Mary, the Gate of Heaven (Act of Magisterium, “Mary, the Holy Gate of the Children of God”, 24/12/2024) will never close: she has opened to never close, so that the children of God may enter and exit that Heart where there is Life (Jn 10:9). Just as the Saints and Angels ascend and descend the Golden Staircase in the Little Cradle so as to be one with Heaven and with Earth (Revelation of the Most Holy Mary to Maria G. Norcia, “The Divine Family and the Golden Staircase”, 25/12/1988).
Here are the two distinct realities: one reality that will be increasingly swallowed up by the advancing darkness; another that will remain eternally in the Light, for the Sun has risen and will never set again (Mal 3:20). For many, all this is a fairy tale, a legend. For many of them, the legend will be a fatal one. For the children of God, it will be eternal Joy, for they will experience the endless Joy of being able to live with Jesus, He who is the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14:6), He who came down from Heaven, as had been announced and promised, so that He might remain with His children for eternity (Mt 28:20).
Behold the Reality of God, behold the Epiphany of God, the Manifestation of the Only-Begotten Love amongst His children.
Blessed are you, beloved brothers and sisters, who contemplate with your hearts the King lying in this manger, the second and final Cave of God’s Love, bestowed upon this humanity (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy Spirit”, 13/09/1984). May your sacrifices be repaid and richly rewarded. This, today, I ask of the Father with tears in my eyes, so that each of you may receive the reward, the Grace, the abundant Mercy for the love you give to Jesus. This is what Jesus needs: love (Jn 21:15-17). He is a beggar for love who once again wanders the streets of this world (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “Year One of the New Era”, 31/12/1994), waiting to meet the children who give Him love, just as He, Love made flesh, gave Himself entirely out of love for those children. Great is the joy when love is reciprocated with Love.
May everything begin today (Zech 1:17). May God’s Grace be even more plentiful and abundant upon all faithful children. And may God’s Justice reward the righteous, those many righteous ones who cry out for justice night and day, for it is not true that ‘the law is the same for all’, not in this world: only in God is this fulfilled.
Rejoice, dear brothers and sisters, for God has taken His people by the hand (Isa 41:13) and will never abandon them again, but will lead them to the Promised Land, the New Jerusalem, which is already here, whilst we await the fulfilment of all things in the Fulfilment of fulfilments. Rejoice and celebrate.
Let us all remain grafted onto the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I repeat once more, so that, like branches, we may remain in Him who is Life (1 Jn 2:24), eternal Life, the Source of eternal Life. And so be it.
