Rex Gentium: King of All Nations. . . and People

In November 2025, the US Bishops published a special statement on immigration. On the Feast of the Epiphany, when Christ is revealed as the Savior of all peoples and King of all nations, we offer you the opportunity to read and prayerfully reflect on this statement.

• How does it speak to you?

• How do we, as Catholics, answer the call to stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors?

• To what action are you being called?

Look around at Mass and see the community we share as immigrants from many lands. We have “welcomed the stranger” and have been welcomed.

In Dilexi Te (translated: I have loved you), Pope Leo’s letter on love for people and families in poverty, the pope writes:

“The Church, like a mother, accompanies those who are walking. Where the world sees threats, she sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges. She knows that her proclamation of the Gospel is credible only when it is translated into gestures of closeness and welcome. And she knows that in every rejected migrant, it is Christ himself who knocks at the door of the community.” (75)

U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from the Plenary Assembly in Baltimore available at www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore

Blessing of the Home and Household on Epiphany (USCCB)

Lord God of heaven and earth, you revealed your only-begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star.

Bless this house and all who inhabit it.

Fill them (us) with the light of Christ,

that their (our) concern for others may reflect your love.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

R/. Amen.