The star the Magi followed to find the Christ Child is a symbol of God’s love for all people and not a sign of the power and fame of those who think of themselves as “stars,” Pope Francis ...

Vatican City, Jan 6, 2025 / 12:05 pm. The star the Magi followed to find the Christ Child is a symbol of God’s love for all people and not a sign of the power and fame of those who think of ...

How many Magi visit Jesus in the Bible? Where do they come from? The answers, for many, are as easy to recall as the first line of the beloved Christmas hymn: “We three kings of Orient are.” ...

The Magi made their appearance for the recitation of the Second Vespers of the Epiphany, marking the conclusion of the solemnity and also the end of the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem.

The Magi brought precious gifts to the child, items with both symbolic and practical significance. We can leave our myrrh at home, but we can still offer our best selves to our neighbors, entering ...

But the magi were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and so they left for their own country by another road” and were never heard from again (Matthew 2:12). Building a backstory.

Magi like Ficino and Pico were treated as legitimate because they “replaced the older, disreputable magic of medieval sorcerers” with a kind of magic focused on new encounters “with ancient ...