Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord - Matt 2: 1-12

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🗓️ 5 January 2025

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Matthew 2: 1-12 - 'The visit of the Magi.'
Note: Some countries may have a different gospel reading at Mass today, if they celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany on a Sunday rather than today. This podcast follows the lectionary for the General Roman Calendar.

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 528 (in 'The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy') - The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world. The great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee. In the magi, representatives of the neighboring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations, who welcome the good news of salvation through the Incarnation. The magi’s coming to Jerusalem in order to pay homage to the king of the Jews shows that they seek in Israel, in the messianic light of the star of David, the one who will be king of the nations. Their coming means that pagans can discover Jesus and worship him as Son of God and Savior of the world only by turning toward the Jews and receiving from them the messianic promise as contained in the Old Testament. The Epiphany shows that “the full number of the nations” now takes its “place in the family of the patriarchs,” and acquires Israelitica dignitas (“the dignity of Israel’s birthright”).

- 439 (in 'Christ') - Many Jews and even certain Gentiles who shared their hope recognized in Jesus the fundamental attributes of the messianic “Son of David,” promised by God to Israel (abbreviated)

- 724 (in 'Rejoice, you who are full of grace') - In Mary, the Holy Spirit manifests the Son of the Father, now become the Son of the Virgin. She is the burning bush of the definitive theophany. Filled with the Holy Spirit she makes the Word visible in the humility of his flesh. It is to the poor and the first representatives of the gentiles that she makes him known.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome back to the podcast. Today, if you go to Mass, you'll hear from Matthew
0:16.5	Chapter 2 verses 1 to 12, which is a really really interesting passage this is the famous visit of the
0:22.9	Magi so let's start by reading the passage after Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in
0:29.5	Judea during the reign of king Herod some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east
0:35.2	where is the infant king of the Jews they They asked. We saw his star as it
0:40.6	rose and have come to do him homage. When King Herod heard this, he was perturbed, and so is the
0:47.6	whole of Jerusalem. He called together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people,
0:53.2	and inquired of them where the Christ
0:55.3	was to be born. At Bethlehem in Judea, they told him, for this is what the prophet wrote.
1:05.0	Own you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah, for out of you will
1:13.0	come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel. Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him
1:19.8	privately. He asked them the exact date on which the star had appeared and sent them on to Bethlehem.
1:30.5	Go and find out all about the child, he said,
1:38.6	and when you have found him, let me know so that I too may go and do him homage. Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And there in front of them was the star they had seen rising. It went forward
1:47.0	and halted over the place where the child was. The sight of the star filled them with delight,
1:53.0	and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and falling to their knees,
1:59.0	they did him homage. opening their treasures they offered him
2:04.3	gifts of gold and frankincense and myr but they were warned in a dream not to go back to herod
2:10.6	and returned to their own country by a different way.
2:20.0	Okay, so this is a famous passage for a lot of us.
2:25.3	We've all heard this so many times, and we probably have images of, from Christmas cards,
2:30.6	where the, you see the three wise men with their gifts, in the barn with the shepherds,
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