If the Magi had come in search of an earthly King, they would have been disconcerted
at finding that they had taken the trouble to come such a long way for nothing.
Consequently they would have neither adored nor offered gifts.
But since they sought a heavenly King,
though they found in Him so signs of royal pre-eminence, yet,
content with the testimony of the star alone, they adored:
for they saw a man, and they acknowledged a God.
St. John Chrysostom
at finding that they had taken the trouble to come such a long way for nothing.
Consequently they would have neither adored nor offered gifts.
But since they sought a heavenly King,
though they found in Him so signs of royal pre-eminence, yet,
content with the testimony of the star alone, they adored:
for they saw a man, and they acknowledged a God.
St. John Chrysostom
Gregorio Nazianzeno - La Passione
ReplyDeleteCristo . Ritorna adesso, Madre vergine, e sopporta. Assolvo pertanto Pietro dalla caduta, poiché tu lo desideri: anche prima infatti io ubbidivo alle tue parole in grazia della tua devozione e della bontà del tuo animo. Per quanto ti concerne io non intendo aggiungere altro. Le lacrime si attirano dunque da me molta grazia e sciolgono ogni legame di colpe. Ti raccomando inoltre di non odiare nessuno dei mortali, neppure quelli che mi hanno contro ogni legge sospeso ad un legno.