Community Chat

[Oznell]

The whole twelve days of Christmas thing has always appealed to me as a child, because it includes my early January birthday in the Christmas festivity orbit.  And I love the song.  I could go around saying that I was born on the 10th day of Christmas, when "10 Lords were Leaping"! 

[cherry]

The gifts they brought to the Christ Child were gold, because he was a king, frankincense because he was  God, and myrrh because he was a man.

It has been speculated the Holy Family used the gold to live on in Egypt, when they fled from King Herod

The Myrrh was   included  in the things they used to prepare Christ for burial

[cherry]

We don't know how many Magi there really were. The people say 3 because there were 3 gifts. But they have ancient  icons and pictures of varying amounts of the magi

It is really interesting to unearth some of the things they do know about these men

The were thought to be a priestly cast in Iran and Iraq called Zoroaster's(sp) who worshipped fire. They were highly intelligent ,and knew all sort of things about the stars, and astrology and astronomy, which at this period of time, were not 2 different fields of study, but  just one

There was a website in Iran, that talked about the Magi, and it was very interesting. Since the crackdown ,I can't fnd it now

[cherry]

This is a link to Fr Longenecker who has written a different book about the magi. @Noel7 you will be interested to know he lives or lived in England and was an Anglican priest  who later became a Catholic one

He has a couple of videos telling us what he found in his research about the Magi

He is a very interesting guy, highly educated, and literate

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-mystery-of-the-magi-the-quest-for-the-true-identity-of-the-three-w...

[Noel7]

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@cherry wrote:

This is a link to Fr Longenecker who has written a different book about the magi. @Noel7 you will be interested to know he lies or lived in England and was an Anglican priest  who later became a Catholic one

He has a couple of videos telling us what he found in his research about the Magi

He is a very interesting guy, highly educated, and literate

https://dwightlongenecker.com/the-mystery-of-the-magi-the-quest-for-the-true-identity-of-the-three-w...

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Thanks, @cherry !

You know I always appreciate your interest in and knowledge of history

[proudlyfromNJ]

Regarding Epiphany, I am Methodist and we always celebrated in Jan. 6. I guess it is just the difference in religions. 

[cherry]

Sorry, that should read he lives, not he lies. Spell check didn't catch it, nor did I

[LurkyLoo]

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@Noel7 wrote:

My mother was Roman Catholic and never took down the decorations until after January 6th.

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My mother of the Moravian church and now I do the same. Just a nice way to stay mindful throughout the season. 

A blessed Epiphany to those who observe and a Happy Christmas to the Orthodox Christians here! 

[Patriot3]

I am Roman Catholic and we never took down our Christmas decorations until after the Epiphany.  I still don't.  Sometimes I leave them up the whole winter because they are pretty and puts some life into the house. 

Thanks to you all who shared your posts.  Blessings!

[CHIP62]

@cherry,

The "Reyes Magos" is a lovely Spanish tradition, particularly for children