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December 19, 1952
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W’e went and mingled with the
iappy crowd. There was music,
inging and laughter, wine and
easting. The tables were still road
with food when the bridegroom
ent a servant
nore guests
to summon sti'l
from my plate, I
worn in I had re­
Glancing up
aw her the
membered all those years! I recog
lized her instantly. 1 was so en
rossed with the knowledge that
lere, of a sudden. I was str'ag her
ace again, that I did not notice
he air of embarrassment that had
alien upon the crowd. But Reuben
hispered in my ear, “The bride
room is embarrassed. His servant
as just told him that there is
Jonty of food bu al the wine is
one.”
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be yours today and every
day of the coming year.
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Melchior, sixty, was growing gray
The suns of Arabia tinged his
hair,
His turban was battered in disarray
Gas](par,
By
Then, I saw the woman turn and
peak to someone behind her.
They have no wine she said.
A young man stepped forward
all and straight, with clear, pene
rating eyes. He stood quietly be
ore us hut his personality dom
lated the crowd from the mo
oent he entered the room. In a low
cice he spoke to a servant. With a
esture of futility the servant
ointed to a row of stone pots sit
ing on a table and to show
how empty they were, he plunged
his hand into each and brought it
out still dry.
"Fill the pots with water.” The
voice was clear and soft and con
fident.
but obedient, the serv
the pots to the brim,
then told him to dip
Dubious
ant filled
The guest
from the pots and take it to his
master. The servant dipped a
into one of the pots. We saw
ghe a start of amazement,
ct.p was filled with bright
wine!
cup
him
The
red
I clutched at Reubens arm.
“Who are they?” I gasped. “The
woman—I saw her once long ago!
But this man—is he a magician?”
“No,” Reuben replied trying to
be calm after what he had just
seen. “He is Jesus of Nazareth, son
of the carpenter Joseph. The worn
an is Mary, his mother. The others
are their friends. And, Zachary,”
his voice became tense with emo
tion, “I have heard some say
hint wonder ... if this man
could be the Messias.”
In his awe he did not look at
me. And so overwhelmed with
feeling was I that I made no re
ply to his startling statement
The new guests became lost
among the crowd, but in my mind
I could still see them as though
they stood there at the doorway.
The Messias! Could it be that the
prophecies were about to be ful
filled? But nonsense, this was
only a man—a humble man, like
the rest of us. Like the rest us?
Could Reuben or I or our host
look on
wine?
water and see it turn to
the tumult of the room,
voices throbbing out of
Above
I heard
the past: Shepherds, hysterical in
their reports of seeing things not
visible to the eyes of men. Saul,
repeating the query of the Wise
Men. ‘‘“Where is he that is born
King of the Jews?” Samuel, riding
beside me on an Egyptian road,
saying, “At least one other child
of Bethlehem has escaped."
Twenty-seven years lost in long
ing. I thought wistfully, and I was
with him at the very beginning!
We learned that the guests from
Nazareth were going on to Ca
pharnaum. When they left. I stood
gazing after them as long as they
were visible. But my eyes saw
only one figure. Even the woman
was forgotten. Then slowly, as
though I walked in a dream, I
turned and followed Reuben to
ward his home.
May your Christmas day and
the days ahead be as warm
and bright as the candle
light on your tree.
Lucille Drugan
THE CATHOLIC TIMES CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT
The Gits Of The Magi
E. Doran
Balthasar, forty, was worldly wise,
Steeped in the sciences, seeker
of truth
shared the vision of Melchior s
eyes
He
But deep in his heart was a
pilgrim’s prayer.
He had traveled by camel and
felt the heat
Ere he came to the tiny Infant’s
feet.
at twenty, was hale and
strong
He had journeyed by horse, as
a young man can,
part of the day and the whole
night long,
Disdaining companion or car
avan,
Till he came to the rendezvous
deftly planned
Near a bridge that the River Jor
dan spanned.
And felt still the stirring of
Gaspar’s youth,
On an elephant plodding with
stately stride
He had followed the star with a
kingly pride.
"If this be the King,” thus Mel
chior spake,
“I shall give my wealth and my
hoards of gold,
Palaces, gardens and lands for
sake
That were held in our name since
the days of old,
That my children’s children
may live to see
Him reigning in power and
majesty.-’
“If this be the King,” said Gaspar,
“then
By the frankincense that I hold
in store,
By the strength of my regal fight
ing men,
By the faith of a people I
treasure more,
I shall give my wealth and my
unspent youth
To follow his banner in weal
or ruth.”
“If
this be the King," said Bal
thasar,
“By the myrrh of the Coroman
del coast
By the trust with which I followed
His star
And my ancient people s proud
est boast
I shall follow Him to the ends
of earth
For I seek a service of kingly
worth."
they came in the morning to
So
Bethlehem,
Bearing their costly gifts with
them
merry
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And they gazed on a maiden un
defiled
Anti knelt and worshipped the
Holy Child.
HI
Three kings are riding from Beth
lehem
To their homes returning an
other way,
Proud Herod has waited in vain
for them
And ordered his minions the
Child to slay
The kings returning are wiser far
Than they were when they fol
lowed the mystic star.
So
So they met, these three, by a
holy well
Each to the others his tale to tell
Deep in the shadows that gathered
there
Each to the others revealed his
prayer.
Is the road that passeth by
each man’s door
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A Happy Holiday to all!
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Donald McMahon, Denver play- and the presumed death of
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to
Melchior muses: “My vow
keep
Must I now return to
tive land,
the sacred soil where
thers sleep.
It is given to me to
stand
That to serve the King is
life pure,
my na-
To fa
my
under-
to live
To feed the hungry and clothe
the poor.”
And Gaspar murmurs: “Full well I
know
Where my path now leads that
was hard to find,
the Lord of Creation ordains
it so
For
That 1 serve Him by serving
human kind,
And the finest measure of hu
man worth
Is to keep unspotted from things
of earth.”
the In-
And Balthasar says: “In
fant’s eyes
I saw, what I had not
fore,
That the road that leadeth
dise
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To serve God’s children in little
things
Is the greatest glory that come*
to kings.”
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