“We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” So said the Magi according to Matthew (2:2). Herod, a filthy deceitful tyrant, wants to know where Jesus is born so he, too, can worship the newborn king. Then we read that “On coming to the house, [the Magi] saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him” (2:11). A significant word for Christmas is “worship.” |inline Read more