Good morning every one, I am so happy to welcome you all for today’s Holy Mass. Our special welcome to all our visitors today. Today our Holy Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. Epiphany means manifestation. Christ our Lord manifests Himself as the divine Savior to the world through the Magi.
Dear friends, every time we come to Church, Christ our Lord manifests Himself through His divine words, every time we come to Church, He manifests Himself through all the Church’s sacraments and every time we come to pray and celebrate Mass, we are all given a special blessing to find Christ in our brothers and sisters in need.
On coming to the house, the three wise men knelt before Christ and worshipped him. Then they offered Him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. They offered Him gold to indicate that the child who was born is the king of kings and the Lord of all. Every thing was created through Him and only for Him.
Then comes frankincense to let every one know that the child who was born is not only human, He is also divine. In those days and even today incense is used to worship god. It is gift to God and the wise men knew that the child is a divine Savior and then they were offering Christ the gift of Myrrh. It is an anointing oil that was being used for the dead bodies to indicate the child who was born is fully human and fully divine and though He is divine, He will accept death for the sake of humanity.
The three wise men who came to worship the Savior announced the world the light that has come into the world.
today we are here to know about the fourth magi. Yes, the fourth magi who does not bring the prince of peace gold, frankincense or myrrh but brings himself to Christ. we are the fourth magi. every time we come to church and offer ourselves to God almighty through Christ our Lord, we become the fourth magi. every time we find Christ in our brothers and sisters in need, we become the fourth magi and every time we do what Christ our Lord commands us to do, we are the fourth magi. Amen
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