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A Christmas Moment - Sunday January 4th 2026
Good morning and welcome to your daily moment of pause, reflection on prayer.
Pat Hughes speaking.
Welcome to Sunday 4th January and the gospel of the Magi Matthew2:1-12
“Where is the baby born to be the King of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east ,and we have come to worship him.”
God meets people where they are and so for the astrologers he sent a new star. The wonder is the magi following the star as prophesied to simply go and worship. Also significant are the gifts brought for the Christ child:gold for a king, frankincense for priesthood, myrrh as embalming oil to…
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