06/01/2023

The showing to the "nations" symbolised by the "wise men" is the first revelation of himself made by God to the whole world. God's ways are always good but they are beyond understanding. Many people lived and died without the knowledge of God's purpose that has been revealed to us by the poverty of the birth of the baby in  Bethlehem. 

That is a fact that prevents any more speculation. God chose what we know from History to happen in his creation and we can look back in wonder at the works of pagans which fill the various parts of the world. Godless humanity achieved wonders of human thought and only God can know why these souls were allowed to strive without awareness the Word through whom all creation came to be.

The Incarnation is God's complete revelation of himself. The mystery of Being is revealed as a Love that is created by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We too can only leave our "Gifts" before the "babe of Bethlehem" and then spend the rest of our lives, through the grace of God to become the reality of being what Love has created us to be.

Dear Lord may the return of myself to doing your will on earth be  acceptable as thanks for the wonder of my being. May Mary whose knowledge and love of you is greater than any of the wise men then and now continue to plead for your merciful response that the emptied vessels at the wedding feast become filled with a Faith even greater than at first.