Led Home By Another Way

As we move from room to room blessing our house at Epiphany we are reminded of God’s grace, which like water goes before us and leads us to our true home via another way.

“The Magi set out because of a deep desire which prompted them to leave everything and begin journey. It was as though they had always been waiting for that star” (Pope Benedict XVI).

Our response to the Father’s offer of salvation is that of the Magi: “To offer gold is to proclaim Christ’s kingship, to offer incense is to adore his Godhead, and to offer myrrh is to acknowledge his mortality” (Saint Odilo of Cluny).

Creation responds as well: “When the king of heaven was born, the heavens knew that he was God because they immediately sent forth a star; the sea knew him because it allowed him to walk upon it; the earth knew him because it trembled when he died; the sun knew him because it hid the rays of its light” (Saint Gregory the Great).

The manifestation of the Son of God to the world begs belief from us by which we will be lead home by another way.