Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Came, Glorify Him and bring Him gifts from your soul! Remember the adoration of the Magi!
The word “magi” is the plural of “magus”, the name given to a philosopher and astronomer. The three Magi are thought to have come from neighboring countries of Arabia, Persia and Ethiopia. They came with gifts for the King! They followed the star. It was not an ordinary star, but an angelic power appearing itself in the sky at the Annunciation, about nine months before the Nativity. Stars move from east to west, but this star moved from east southward to Jerusalem. It shun like the sun during the day, moved when the Magi moved, and rested when they did. They arrived in Jerusalem in the day of the Nativity, but the star hit itself there so that others would not go to Bethlehem; so the Magi asked the whereabouts of Jesus. When they left the city, the star reappeared, and descended near the earth to show the exact location of the cave. It is said that the Holy Family remained in the cave for forty days, until just before the Presentation in the Temple.  

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