The Mystery of Christmas embraces both the feasts of the Nativity and the
Epiphany. In the Nativity we commemorate God’s humble entrance into human life,
incarnated in Jesus. In the Epiphany we celebrate Jesus as God’s gift to the
world and embodies the expression for our longing for intimacy with God. (Matthew 2: 1-12)
Like the Magi, we need only the light of strong, unwavering faith to see Him,
to find Him, to serve Him in the people around us and in the circumstances of
our everyday living. Like the Magi, we need only to trust in and know God's
love for us…only then we will recognize His presence and His power in sunrise
and sunset, in storm and calm, in the faces of children and wisdom of the
elderly, in moments of elation and heart-break. We will see His radiance and
warmth behind every cloud of sorrow or failure that darkens our days.
The Magi went to extraordinary lengths to look for the Christ Child. They serve
to remind us that there are those who wait for the coming of the Jesus with
those who make the effort to find Him. Like the magi, our search goes on - but
so does Epiphany…Are we actively looking or merely waiting… and what gifts do
we bring?
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