Pastor Brad talks to us about the visit of the Magi
Blessings and joy to you in the wonder of this season!
- Pastor Brad Highum
Blessings and joy to you in the wonder of this season!
- Pastor Brad Highum
Only Matthew’s Gospel contains this story of mystics from the east visiting the One who has come from God into the world. Historicity is clearly not the point; the story is fraught with imagery and symbolism that resonated deeply with the persecuted church of the first century, just as it does with people of faith and hope in our day. It is a story of magnificence and vulnerability, a story of wealth and poverty, a story of “insiders” and “outsiders,” a story of earthly power kneeling before the rule and reign of God envisioned in Christ. It is a profound drama in the midst of the Gospel in which God reveals deep truths about a kingdom that HAS come, that even now is at hand and among us.
PRAYER OF THE DAY:
We come seeking your kingdom, as strangers in a strange land. We follow your sign – a light in the heavens – in hopes that it leads us to you. We find the improbable, born into the impossible, but born nonetheless … a gift of light and grace from you. Teach us adoration. Teach us humility. Teach us the way and the truth that lead to life. Amen.
We come seeking your kingdom, as strangers in a strange land. We follow your sign – a light in the heavens – in hopes that it leads us to you. We find the improbable, born into the impossible, but born nonetheless … a gift of light and grace from you. Teach us adoration. Teach us humility. Teach us the way and the truth that lead to life. Amen.
READINGS
First Reading: Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7,10-14
Second Reading: Ephesians 3:1-13
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12
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