Fr Marco Lazzaron
hey had come to serve this King, to model their kingship on his. This was the meaning of their gesture of respect, of their adoration. The gifts were also part of it – gold, incense and myrrh – gifts that were offered to a King considered divine. By serving and following Him, they wanted together with Him to serve the cause of justice and good in the world. But now they learn that this cannot be accomplished simply by commands and from a throne. Now they learn that their lives must conform to this divine way of exercising power, this way of being of God himself. They must become men of truth, of law, of goodness, of forgiveness, of mercy.
The Magi coming from the East are only the first of a long procession of men and women who in their lives have constantly looked for the star of God, who have searched for that God who is close to us, and indicates to us the road. They are the luminous trail of God that He himself has traced and continues to trace throughout history. The saints were people who did not obstinately seek their own happiness, but simply wanted to give themselves, because they were reached by the light of Christ. They thus show us the way to become happy, they show us how to be truly human people.
This is not a distant story that happened a long time ago. Here in the sacred Host He is before us and among us. As then, it is mysteriously veiled in a holy silence and, as then, it reveals the true face of God. For us he became a grain of wheat that falls to the ground and dies and bears fruit until the end of the world (cf. Jn 12:24). Let us ask the King of kings, through the intercession of his Most Holy Mother, to guide us in our earthly pilgrimage. Amen!