Today (day 11) featured Matthew 2:10-11, and was on the offerings of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
"What do they (the gifts) mean? How are they worship? The gifts are intensifiers of desire for Christ himself in much the same way that fasting is. When you give a gift to Christ like this, it's a way of saying, 'The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I might enjoy, I am saying more earnestly and more authentically, 'You are my treasure, not these things.''"
And now it's time for another carol
What Child is This
What child is this who laid to restOn Mary's lap is sleeping?Whom angels greet with anthems sweetWhile shepherds watch are keeping?
So bring him incense, gold and myrrhCome, peasant, king to own himThe King of kings salvation bringsLet loving hearts enthrone him
This, this is Christ the KingWhom shepherds guard and angels singHaste, haste to bring him laudThe babe, the son of Mary
Oh, raise, raise a song on highHis Mother sings her lullabyJoy, oh, joy for Christ is bornThe Babe, the Son of Mary
This, this is Christ the KingWhom shepherds guard and angels singHaste, haste to bring him laudThe babe, the son of Mary
What child is this who laid to restOn Mary's lap, on Mary's lap he is sleeping?
This, this is Christ the KingWhom shepherds guard and angels singHaste, haste to bring him laudThe babe, the son of Mary
Babe, the son of MaryThe son of Mary
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