Friends, welcome to Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated

to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and new to share the faith on every continent and to facilitate an

encounter with Christ and his church.

The efforts of Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's word where it is most needed.

Today we invite you to join Bishop Robert Barron as he preaches the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each one of us.

Peace be with you, friends we come to this wonderful feast of the Epiphany and that great account in the Gospel of

Matthew of the journey of the Magi of the Three Kings. What is it about that story?

That's so beguile the poets and the and the artists and the and the

preachers over the centuries it's a it's a marvelous story it's kind of a

mystical story it's a little bit puzzling and odd but it also bears a very profound theological truth, which gets us very close, actually,

to the heart of biblical revelation. What do we see? Well these magi, Matthew calls

them Magoi, we're not exactly sure what that means, you know, wise men,

magicians, astronomers astronomers astrologers

We know that in the the caldian culture of that time the Babylonian culture there was a tradition of of

Star gazing so they're looking up into the culture there was a tradition of stargazing.

So they're looking up into the heavens

with a kind of scientific curiosity,

a bit like scientists today.

Also probably a bit of astrological curiosity. but in the deepest sense they're looking for signs of

God. There's a theological curiosity that's in their search. So they see the sign, the star, and once they see it, they

leave their own country.

Now why?

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