CEBU CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) — Many decades ago as we were growing up, January 6 was celebrated by the Christian world as the Feast of the Three Kings. The event being celebrated was th…
CEBU CITY — Many decades ago as we were growing up, January 6 was celebrated by the Christian world as the Feast of the Three Kings. The event being celebrated was the arrival of Melchor, Gaspar and Balthazar in Bethlehem to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newly-born child whom they came to worship.
Consequently, many have deconstructed the text and provided a deeper meaning to this narrative. Just this year on the Feast of Epiphany , the Pope provided us his own reflection of the meaning of the Epiphany. Thus, his words: We can further reflect on how this narrative relates to our contemporary life in our own society and focus our reflection on who were these wise men? The biblical reference indicates they were from the East, which should make it interesting for us Filipinos as we are in this part of the world – the East or the Orient. Some writers theorized that they came from the nearby countries of Israel, namely Persia even as far as India.
If they were coming from the East, what faith traditions had evolved in their societies? While there were established religions already during the reign of Herod in other parts of the world and in Israel , Islam and Christianity were still to evolve.
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