Father Chris Looby

  I recently heard about a service that lets you name a star after someone . It’s often given as a gift — for a child, a spouse, or in memory of someone who has died. Whether it’s officially recognized or not, the reason people do it is pretty clear. We want someone’s life to shine. We want them to be remembered. We want their light not to disappear into the darkness. On the Feast of the Epiphany, the Church reminds us that God has already done something far more beautiful. He doesn’t name a star after us. Through baptism, He names us as His own — and calls us to shine. Epiphany draws our attention upward — to a star. Not a king. Not an angel. Not even a voice from heaven. Just a star. And yet that star was enough to set three wise men on a journey that changed their lives forever. They tell us why they came: “We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” That star didn’t end the journey. It began it. Isaiah helps us understand why this matters: “Darkness cove...