It’s so easy for us to take for granted the faith of the magi, to consider them Christians. They came to worship Jesus, after all. But, there were no Christians yet only Jews and pagans.

Before they could worship the Child in Bethlehem, the Magi had to undertake a lengthy ... can help us to grow spiritually, to encounter Jesus, even our sins. And Saint Thomas adds: “etiam ...

Prophecy stated that Jesus would be the King of the Jews, but most of his followers would come from far away. "Magi from the east" appear in Matthew 2:1. They traveled to Judea seeking the King of ...

But first, let’s review the short Magi passage exclusively recorded in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew: “After Jesus was born ... it rose and have come to worship him.’” ...

The magi approach with honors ... These gentiles are the first of all people to worship Jesus Christ. Gentiles had long been distained by the Jews. But Jewish prophecies said that gentiles ...

Biblical scholars often argue that Matthew intended for the magi in his Gospel to be understood as gentiles or non-Jews who come to Bethlehem to worship Jesus. They surmise that this story is ...

The magi gave Jesus the gifts of gold ... The angels’ gift of worship. "Glory to God in the highest heaven," they sang, "and peace on earth for all those pleasing him." When this great army ...

For Epiphany, the Gospel depicts the Magi in a journey of ... Frankincense symbolizes the gift of worship. Myrrh is a burial ointment; surely this prefigures Jesus’ death, but it also symbolizes ...

In his homily for the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis reflected on the magi, or wise men, who bearing gifts, came to worship the Child Jesus in Bethlehem. The Magi brought gold to the Lord to ...

In the story of the Magi, King Herod tries to use the ... and then he asks his astronomer visitors where to find Jesus, so that he also “could worship him” (Matt. 2:8). Epiphany therefore ...

The Eucharist is Jesus Christ himself, truly present, and we, too, are called to respond like the Magi, to fall down prostrate and worship because Jesus is physically present no less so then he ...

The three kings present their gifts to Jesus in Sandro Botticelli's "The Adoration of the Magi" (ca 1478). Botticelli, a Florentine, created several well-known paintings of this scene, which was ...