"...Behold the magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem." What a beautiful story of the magi arriving to adore the Christ child. What motived them? Prayer comes from that first initiation from God alone. He calls us closer to himself, into communion with himself, into prayer. So this calling of the magi to come to adore the newborn King, that was something that only God could have put into their hearts through the grace of the Holy Spirit to walk that faith journey, through difficulties, through foreign lands, to search for the Child, to not lose faith when they learned the child was not of Herod's line, but of a royalty far deeper. They were not the Jews, but they recognized God made manifest. God had manifested himself to all through his birth, but now He manifests himself as a savior to all human kind through these Gentiles.
Indeed St. Paul reminds us that Christ came for people of all races, all backgrounds, all beliefs. Yes, there will always be those who choose not to accept Christ and his gift. There are those who will ridicule and persecute the followers of Christ. However, it is our duty to recognize the face of God in all whom we encounter. ALL are called to the Table of Plenty. It is God who calls us, not ourselves, not a special few who give us the invitation, It is God and God alone who first imparts that call within our hearts and creates that desire to know Him. May we strive to find God in each other today and show Him love.
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