Epiphany of the Lord 2019

A beautiful day we have in our faith today. The Epiphany of the Lord where the magi come and seek for Jesus. They are searching for something and this bright star is leading them to something that will leave them transformed. But as any journey bumpy roads will follow. Fr. Paul says, “Magi are searching for something, Jesus has manifest them, they are determined to find Jesus, we find Herod’s in our life, and to find Him and be transformed.” Another beautiful message from Fr. Paul. What an amazing journey these magi had, they see this bright star in the sky so off they go in search of what is causing this bright star to shine. They go in search of this new King this new Messiah who will one day die for all of us. But while on this journey they meet King Herod who upon hearing this news does not like it. He lets them to continue on their way, but tells them to come back and report what they have seen. Herod was not being very nice because he had something up his sleeve. How many Herod have we met in our life that who have tried to take us away from our way to Jesus? Along this journey we have each made some type of contact with someone of this nature. This does not stop them they are on a mission, they are determined to search and seek for this new King and they do find him and when they do their life is never the same. When they meet Jesus they are warned not to return the way they came but to go a different way. They had met and seen Jesus the boy who would one day die for all of us their lives were changed for the better they found the truth. What happens to you when you finally meet Jesus? 
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