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Matthew’s story of the Magi serves as a preview of Jesus’ life. Jesus will be rejected by many Jews as symbolized by Herod. But He will be received by many Gentiles, symbolized by the Magi.

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This is our first gospel article for the Year 2016 and today’s gospel story is about the Epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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     Today is one of the most important feasts in Christendom as it is the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany or as we remember when we were kids, The Three Kings or the visit of the Magi. You can read this remarkable story in Matt.2:1-12.

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Today is the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany or its more popular title “The Three Kings,” this is why the title of our gospel reading for today is The Visit of the Magi.

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Pope Benedict XVI’s latest book, entitled Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives (New York: Image Books, 2012), translated by Philip J. Whitmore, shows us, once again, how brilliant an intellectual the current head of the Roman Catholic Church is.

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 Today is the Sunday of the Epiphany … which also marks the official end of the Christmas Season and today’s Gospel comes from Matt.2:1-12, which is about the Visit of the Magi, a.k.a. the Three Kings.

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Today is my first column for the Year 2011 and I call it a divine coincidence that the very first article I’m writing is my Sunday gospel article. Perhaps it is a message for me and for my readers or a reminder from God that He is always with us, guiding us in our everyday life.

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The entire Christendom marks today the end of the Solemnity of the Epiphany, a traditional celebration of the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles and the visit of the Wise Men, or the Magi, to the Christ child.

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     Today is one of the most important feasts in Christendom as it is the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany or as we remember when we were kids, The Three Kings or the visit of the Magi. You can read this remarkable story in Matt.2:1-12.

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Today is the Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany or its more popular title “The Three Kings,” this is why the title of our gospel reading for today is The Visit of the Magi.

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Pope Benedict XVI’s latest book, entitled Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives (New York: Image Books, 2012), translated by Philip J. Whitmore, shows us, once again, how brilliant an intellectual the current head of the Roman Catholic Church is.

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 Today is the Sunday of the Epiphany … which also marks the official end of the Christmas Season and today’s Gospel comes from Matt.2:1-12, which is about the Visit of the Magi, a.k.a. the Three Kings.

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The entire Christendom marks today the end of the Solemnity of the Epiphany, a traditional celebration of the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles and the visit of the Wise Men, or the Magi, to the Christ child.

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