A small rambling thought on the Christmas stories:
I am not beyond blending and co mingling the two separate nativity stories of Matthew and Luke. Luke includes Mary's magnificant in which she speaks of the hungry being filled with good things and the rich being sent away empty (Luke 1:53). I thought of those shepherds coming hungry for signs of hope and attention, being filled with good things. And then in Matthew's tradition I see those magi who have followed the star. I see them as the rich who have opened their treasure chests and offered the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Are they the rich who go away empty, because they have offered it, in devotion to Christ? They do not ask for more. The rich are sent away empty. It's part of the Christmas miracle. Can we practice such emptiness? Are we the rich who are able to empty ourselves , in our love for God. May the scriptures be fulfilled.
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