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Let the Scriptures Speak
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Lumen Gentium
Matthew's account of the Magi worshiping the child Jesus reflects the early Church's conviction that the Christ's coming began to fulfill that vision of Isaiah.
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Historical Cultural
Context
John J. Pilch
Jesus' Visitors
Just as our ancestors in the Faith frequently reflected upon and interpreted
their scriptures creatively to help them understand and explain Jesus, so too
did their Christian descendants throughout the ages.
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The Word
Embodied
John Kavanaugh,
SJ
The Child Must Draw Us
We have but to raise our eyes and look about
us, to see our sons and daughters, close or afar. They are the gifts and the
magic that make our hearts throb and rise with abundance.
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Thoughts
from the
Early Church
Odilo of Cluny
The
Father’s voice thundered: “This my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” The Holy Spirit appeared in the form of a dove. But it was the divine will that
only the Son should be baptized by blessed John.
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Scripture
In Depth
Reginald H. Fuller
There is the folk memory of Herod’s cruelty, and especially
the pathological fear of assassination and usurpation that
marked the closing years of his reign.
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