Forty-first Sunday.
THE CHILDHOOD OF OUR LORD.
FIRST READING.
"We have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him."—Matt. 2:2.
THE shepherds were not the only people who came to see the blessed Lord Jesus when He was a little Infant. Far away in the East, God showed a bright, beautiful star to some wise men, and taught their hearts that it was the sign that the great King was born.
They set out on their journey to Judea, to see and honor Him; and when they came, they asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews, for we have seen His star in the East, and are come to worship Him."