Gifts of The Magi

This beautiful graphic is from one of my favorite daily check-in blogs: Holy Cards for Your Inspiration.

This, I also read there:

The Three Gifts
The Gold of Love,
the Myrrh of Self-denial,
and the (Frank)Incense of Prayer.

I don't know exactly why The Feast of the Epiphany creates such a stir in my heart, but it does. I much prefer this Feast Day to our secular New Year's Eve and Day.

The journey and gifts of the Magi provide a grounding to me. I, too, feel I must sometimes travel unknown territory to find Christ. I find myself on that path a lot, especially when I have had a time of spiritual denial. That can happen in an instant or over time. The evil one is so cunning in trying to draw us away from God.
I, too, am called to go against the secular norm. I must walk in faith, as they surely did.
Maybe it is no coincidence that our parish, when I was a child, was Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church.