'We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage'.

'In choosing to be born for us, God chose to be known by us…

Today, the magi find, crying in a manger, the one they  have followed as he shone in the sky. Today the magi see clearly, in swaddling clothes, the one they have long awaited as he lay hidden among the stars.

Today, the magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, humanity in God, God in humanity, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body. As they look, they believe and do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for God, gold for a king, myrrh for one who is to die…'

Peter Chrysologus

As with gladness men of old,
Did the guiding star behold,
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onwards beaming bright,
So, most gracious God, may we
Evermore be led to thee.

Holy Jesus, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And, when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds thy glory hide.

W. Chatterton Dix

Scripture Ireland website.

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Daily Reflections

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Pope Benedict's,
Deus Caritas est

SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS, exhortation on the Eucharist

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