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The Star and a Heart

Jan 5, 2016

Guided by a star, the Magi traverse a desert and stop in front of a humble child: God who became a Boy. The thoughts of Klaus Hemmerle, Bishop of Aachen (1929-1994).

Epiphany2016The star was not deceived when it called those distant ones to walk towards the God who was near to them. The star was not deceived when it showed the desert path, humbler and harder. The star was not deceived when it halted over the house of humble folk: there the great future was born. Your heart was not deceived when it took up the path in search of the unkown. Your heart was not deceived, when it did not give in to meaningless impatience. Your heart was not deceived, when it knelt before the Boy.   Klaus Hemmerle: Dio Si È Fatto Bambino (Rome: Città Nuova, 2007) p.11.  

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