"On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary,
his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their
treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh." — Mat 2:11
Dear friends in Christ Jesus,
In today's gospel passage according
to Matthew Chapter two and Verses one to twelve we read about the visit of the
wise men to child Jesus. The wise men had observed the signs of nature and found
out that the prophecy in the Old Testament was fulfilled. The Messiah, the Savior,
was to be born in Bethlehem of Judea who would shepherd the people of Israel.
The wise men could not resist themselves from visiting this new born king. They began their tiresome and long journey
carrying gifts to pay homage to their Savior. There was a star guiding their
journey to the place of the birth of child Jesus. The passage makes it clear to
us that they were overwhelmed with joy when they reached the place. In Verse 11
we read that "On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary, his
mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure
chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh".
Dear friends,
We all believe that Jesus is our
personal Savior and there is no other Savior who can save us. Jesus is the king
of our lives who rules our hearts. Only by trusting in Jesus alone we are
saved. He has already saved us by dying on the cross, by shedding His blood.
Only we need to accept His invitation and cooperate with Him in saving us. The wise men recognized the King, the nature
recognized the King, but sometimes we fail to recognize Him.
In our life journey there is only
one final destination that is to meet the King of the universe. Unlike king
Herod who listened to his evil promptings, let us try to listen to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to lead us into the bosom
of our beloved Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. Once we reach there, we will be
also overwhelmed with joy like the wise kings and then we can just kneel down
in front of Jesus and pay him our love and homage.
Jesus accepts all of us as his beloved children. We may not have gold to offer but let us offer him all that we have; our very life, strengths, talents, abilities and also our weaknesses and sins. In front of his loving presence we all get purified as gold gets purified in fire. Let this fire, this love for Jesus rules our lives. Amen.
Reflection on Matthew 2:1-12 by Fr. George Joseph SVD
(Listen to the Podcast here)
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