Matthew 2:11 (WEB)
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Catechism · 2
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
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“The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 1:20; 2:1-12; Lk 1:35; 2:8-20; Jn 1:3 1-34; 2:11.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“It is to the poor and the first representatives of the gentiles that she makes him known.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 1:15-19; Mt 2:11.
Fathers and councils · 28
Tertullian
“Let those Eastern magi be believed, dowering with gold and incense the infancy of Christ as a king; and the infant has received “the power of Damascus” without battle and arms.” — editor's note: See Matt. ii. 1–12.
Read the whole comment“Let the shepherds take better care of their flock, and let the wise men spare their legs so long a journey; let them keep their gold to themselves.” — editor's note: Matt. ii. 11.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“…was to be found,—for they had seen his star, and this was their reason for taking so long a journey; for they earnestly desired to worship the infant as God,—for he imagined that his kingdom might be endangered; and he enquired therefore of the doctors of the law, who belonged to the Jewish nation, where they…” — editor's note: οἷα θεῷ προσκυνῆσαι. Eusebius adds the words οἷα θεῷ, which are not found in Matt. ii. 2 and 11, where προσκυνῆσαι is used.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…treasure is a good understanding, such as was that treasure from which the Magi, when they worshipped the Lord, brought forth gold, frankincense, and myrrh; setting forth by gold the power of a king, venerating God by the frankincense, and by myrrh acknowledging the resurrection of the body.” — editor's note: S. Matt. ii. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Thus, too, Herod, who himself also was a king, is [said there to be] afraid of the royal child, and to put so many little children to death in order to make sure that the one might be slain.” — editor's note: Matt. ii. 1–18.
Read the whole comment“And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return unto Herod, they departed into their own country another way.” — editor's note: Matt. ii. 1–12.
Read the whole comment“Afterwards, when the things which had been done and said in the temple were made quite public, Herod perceived that he had been mocked; and then, in his desire to get at the death of Christ, he slew the multitude of children, as Matthew records.” — editor's note: Matt. ii. 3–16.
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John Chrysostom
““And when they were come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother.”” — editor's note: [The entire verse is given in Field’s Greek text; the Homily covers verses 11–15.—R.]
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This is why the angels glorified first the heavenly, then the earthly, why the shepherds saw the glory over the Lamb and the Shepherd, why the star led the Magi to worship and offer gifts, in order that idolatry might be destroyed.” — editor's note: S. Matt. ii. 9, 11.
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Leo the Great
“Although I know, dearly-beloved, that you are fully aware of the purpose of to-day’s festival, and that the words of the Gospel have according to use unfolded it to you, yet that nothing may be omitted on our part, I shall venture to say on the subject what the Lord has put in my…” — editor's note: Secundum consuetudinem evangelicus sermo reseraverit. The Roman Gospel for the day was apparently then, as now with us, S. Matt. ii. 1–12: but the…
Read the whole comment“…the child with Mary, His mother; and falling down they worshipped Him; and opening their treasures they presented to Him gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. ii. 10, 11.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
This service of the star is followed by the rejoicing of the Magi.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
And it was not enough to say, “They rejoiced,” but “they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.”
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
They rejoiced, because their hopes were not falsified but confirmed, and because the toil of so great travel had not been undertaken in vain.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
He rejoices indeed who rejoices on God’s account, who is the true joy. “With great joy,” he says, for they had great cause.
Read the whole comment - Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
By the mystery of this star they understood that the dignity of the King then born exceeded the measure of all worldly kings.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
He adds, “greatly,” shewing that men rejoice more over what they have lost than over what they possess.
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Though in stature a babe, needing the aid of others, unable to speak, and different in nothing from other infants, yet such faithful witnesses, shewing the unseen Divine Majesty which was in Him, ought to have proved…
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“Mary His mother,” not crowned with a diadem or laying on a golden couch; but with barely one garment, not for ornament but for covering, and that such as the wife of a carpenter when abroad might have. Had they…
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Joseph was absent by Divine command, that no wrong suspicions might occur to the Gentiles.
Read the whole comment - Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
in these offerings we observe their national customs, gold, frankincense, and various spices abounding among the Arabians; yet they intended thereby to signify something in mystery.
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Gold, as to a King; frankincense, as sacrifice to God; myrrh, as embalming the body of the dead.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Gold, as paid to a mighty King; frankincense, as offered to God; myrrh, as to one who is to die for the sins of all.
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And though it were not then understood what these several gifts mystically signified, that is no difficulty; the same grace that instigated them to the deed, ordained the whole.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
And it is to be known that each did not offer a different gift, but each one the three kings, each one thus proclaiming the King, the God, and the man.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Let Marcion and Paul of Samosata then blush, who will not see what the Magi saw, those progenitors of the Church adoring God in the flesh. That He was truly in the flesh, the swaddling clothes and the stall prove;…
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Something further may yet be meant here. Wisdom is typified by gold; as Solomon saith in the Proverbs, “A treasure to be desired is in the mouth of the wise.” By frankincense, which is burnt before God, the power of…
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The three men who offer, signify the nations who come from the three quarters of the earth. They open their treasures, i.e. manifest the faith of their hearts by confession. Rightly “in the house,” teaching that we…
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Catechism §724.
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Cited together in Catechism §724.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 5.
Cited together in Gregory the Great on Matthew 2:10–11 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34 and 1 other place.