The first to wrestle with that question were not one Magus, but three.
The Magi caught sight of the Star of David and began to watch—pondering, wondering, and attending as she travelled, lighting the world in a way they recognized. What drew them was not spectacle, but resonance: the way this Star spoke to them and to the prophets of old.
December 25 marks the beginning of Christmas — not its end.
The Church has always understood this season as a journey toward Epiphany — a learning to see by the light. Epiphany marks a turning —a slow movement from birth toward receiving the gifts of not one Magus, but three.
They do not arrive as ordinary rulers. Their authority is shared, received in relationship. Watching the Star of David light up heaven and earth, they don kingly cloaks as witnesses —bearing gifts to birth a Kingdom older than empire and newer than dawn.
Epiphany is not for staying comfortable. If you are willing to leave the cradle and step into the cold water of baptism, I invite you to listen to my recorded reflection on The Twelve Days of Christmas —a teaching song once used to form Christian faith when belief required courage, memory, and witness.
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