Today
the Magi find, crying in a manger, the one they have followed as he
shone in the sky. Today the Magi see clearly, in swaddling clothes,
the one they have long awaited as he lay hidden among the stars.
Today
the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth
in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot
contain now enclosed in a tiny body. As they look, they believe and
do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for
God, gold for a king, myrrh for one who is to die.
So
the Gentiles, who were the last, become the first: the faith of the
Magi is the first fruits of the belief of the Gentiles.
--
Saint Peter Chrysologus from
a sermon (Sermo 160)
