The Parish Magazine January 2023

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13 - Small whirlpools (6)
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21 - School tests (5)
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23 1 - In Very a carefree subtle manner (8) (13)
2 - Expressed disapproval facially (7)
3 - Cooling device in the kitchen (12)
4 - Hire for work (6)
6 - Singing voices (5)
7 - Affectedly (13)
8 - Action of moving a thing from its position (12)
15 - Foliage (7)
16 - Doorway (6)
18 - White heron (5)
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The Coming of the Magi
‘Where is the One who has been born King of
the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have
come to worship him.’ So Matthew tells of the
coming of the Magi, or wise men, to the baby
Jesus. Today we remember it on Epiphany, on
6 January. Did they come from Arabia Felix –
nowadays southern Arabia? How many came?
No one knows, but by the 6th century they
were named Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar.
Why gold, frankincense and myrrh? Gold
stands for kingship: Jesus was King of the
Jews. Frankincense stands for divinity; Jesus
was to be worshipped. Myrrh stands for death
and burial; Jesus would become a sacrifice
and die for his people. The wise men were the
very first gentiles ever to worship Jesus. Isaiah
foresaw this response to Jesus: ‘Nations will
come to your light, and kings to the brightness
of your dawn.’ The Magi wanted to worship
Jesus; Herod wanted to kill him. But the Jewish
leaders who knew about the prophecy of a
Messiah born in Bethlehem did not even bother
to visit Bethlehem. And it is only six miles from
Jerusalem!
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