How could they have known not to come
On what amounted to pretense? Everything
Their learning held, all their beliefs
Said regal gifts were needful for a king.
The things they brought were left behind,
Doubtless; or maybe traded for bread:
Impecunious Joseph with a family
To feed, a roof to put over his head.
Antiphon:#TheMagi saw the star & said to one another:
This is the sign of the great King;
let us go & seek him;
let us offer him gifts:
gold, frankincense & myrrh.First #Vespers of the #Epiphany #EveningPrayer #ChristmasSeason
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