My Dear People,
“We three kings of orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar…”, this is the cry of the whole Church on Epiphany Sunday. The Magi were Gentile kings without the benefit of a Jewish education. They came as “wise” men seeking the Messiah. What made them as much more different than all of their peers? We may never know. Full of the Light of the Lord, they came great distances over a rather long period of time; discerning, seeking, hoping.
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he word “epiphany” means to make manifest. God had made manifest His intention to give mankind the Messiah. How did the Magi know this? What were their signs? Did angels appear to them like the shepherds in unlikely. What was true of them, is that they were all three men of deep spiritual faith. Their belief was the touch stone for Our Lord to ignite. And indeed He did. Pray for a strong and ardent faith, rooted in hope. We are a culture who has lost its way. We sink deeper into the abyss of darkness and sin every day. Despite the light and gifts given by the Most Holy Spirit, mankind is plummeting into darkness. Let your “little light” of faith shine brightly, so that those who are lost, may find the way to the Holy Manger. Pray, Pray, Pray for the conversion of souls.
Entrusting you to the care of Our Lady,
Fr. Mark
May we realize the great treasure we have in the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lord. Come let us adore HIM…