P R A Y I N G W I T H T H E C H U R C H
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That allowing himself to be enlightened and guided by the Holy Spirit, every Christian may answer enthusiastically and faithfully to the universal call to sanctity.
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"Going into the house (over which the star had halted), they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him" (Mt 2:11). Outwardly, the Magi's journey had ended. It is at this point a new journey began for them, an inner pilgrimage which changed their whole lives. What does this event mean for us?
The example of the Magi from the East are just the first thing in a procession of great many people from both the distant and the recent past who have constantly tried to gaze upon God's star in their lives, going in search of the God who drew close to them. They have shown us how to be Christian: how to live life as it should be lived - according to God's way. These great people, who are saints now, did not doggedly seek their own happiness, but simply wanted to give themselves because the light of Christ had shone upon them.
They show us the way to attain happiness; they show the way to be truly human. Through all the ups and downs of history, they were the true reformers who constantly rescued it from plunging it into the valley of darkness; who constantly shed upon it that Christian light that was needed to make sense - even in the midst of daily life's chores, concerns, responsibilities, joys and sufferings. They answered their call to universal holiness enthusiastically and faithfully. Similarly can we allow ourselves to be enlightened and led by the Holy Spirit in our daily lives?
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