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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, or “showing,” of the Christ Child to visitors from the East. We read in the Gospel of Matthew:
After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (2: 9-11)
Traditionally, Church scholars have taught that the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, represents Jesus’ kingship, divinity, and death.
In the photo above, we see the Three Magi visiting our sister parish, the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary in Wilmington, North Carolina.
