The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-08
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
80 ~, . Ns. SUNDAY. JANUARY g. le.i:
Epiphany.

r,,;nhepv. or "Little Christmas" as 10 OH
,,,ae,iimes called, ia to ne "Gentiles IN Que sid
epse greater religious feast tnan W.. long to
tself: for as on Christmas INC 90 -. +ham | ant
IA was unrecornized by them, noSwl:
' ~ the fulfilment of the propnece:s Pr
10 exactly under their very eyes t,a1;ance tn,
day the three Gentle leading l Of the star
sHommh nrofessing no belief IN the -, Sou "a lea
tL rs kneit before the crap, anu w,
cffar.d TO the infant "wrapped IN sw 10 az
aiisselothh sgaa srsSu sHa so1ersignsy
$50 long ago the custom for kinge, ~
.,,,aans' and other royal personages 10 onI. r.
a. the alter gold, frankincense, anu n.y. f.
in .t 81 tn centinued in some
a. the time of our Saviour's birth, there t
Was anmexpectancy cf his appearaMrSSe e c
among many of the heatnen r nas,G of the
Parsians, it is said, were acquainted wv |
aecrat handed down from the time ., ~
y roaster. that q divine prophet Wou 1s bs
born Of virgin whose Dil.m " . h-;oht
.,,rcclaimed by the appearance OF oI.gnS
star. The celebrated prophecy OF ba,aa
aiso made an impression on the surrounu
ting nations: s.There shall come - "nt
nm 1t Jacob, and a sceptre 1han l.su NJ
~ yaroal and shall smite the corners "
~ destroy all the children OF sesn;
M%ara are many histories of these lures
x.a; lin Persian, signyfying wise mem an
Se17Seing that there were three' ou'
&ss ~ q. to the names. p.,+hosar are the
- $500. &c 0iyen by Bede, and are cer1"n5
names to Galagalath, Magalath, ana
81 RTharath. Venerable Bede deserioea VT e.
chor as old with g gaSy na as king Jasper
.1s as SSonng. without any beard, ana oneleu
s Mas in recognition of the divlnity;
a5 Roithasar was Of dark complex.i1,u,
Moor, with sl large h f1oTrhg as o man.
The iourney from the "far east" ias.eG
Inc Javs tso the old chronicle says
Snr,ne which the kings required no refresh
ment, it seeming to them S one eba;y Gifts. tn,
Alter they had presented their s, .h ~,
~ 4a,essed Vifsjp gave them one OF inc ~, IA
i f.nt'ss h ws ipg- garments, which tne'
sn ~ Ia the fourth century, the En- .
s. - ~ 800 had their bodies carried
kKnrsSS.4[ Sople; thence they were remove
tn,M;IaI: and when the city was taken =
the Emperor f Frf Ts;paldus an Arehbishop
T~Inrne. Hence they are commonly e"ii'
the three kings of Coogne. ,;nhou
'n1 ps.nrt tells us the least of the EPlphan
was established in the 1ou a."+ osI
tmry though Brady Gays it was hrst c 9,
I Iuly, "a g separate feast in the year 81
IT, soon became very popular, and some
the most splendid entertainments we
given on that DAY. n,e, dow Ii;
"a very early ceremony, and pertains
Sarmanv. France, and England. Inc ca
nd the bean are inseparable from this Iea
The alteration of the Magl was iaVU ot.
subject in the e,e cary 9naen Of France, wre
ne on Il. as also on the nativity, the H ~
one un the innocepts, and the fight II
go. There are said to have peen ,, +,
rescntations OF tho Mssl Az md there
80, mysteries relating to them IN
he afst feast 4 the IS 1s ssses ~ ka s,ss f
celebrated at Milan IN na,i TO- the Feast
the star: this festival was contnueu
I Gs.S os mn to the end of the last cent?
One Of the legends is that !, M ea ha,on
fered golden apple app ess saat N made from
70 49, of the world, aud also thirty pl
of gold. &C. +,ese thirty pieces of
is curious, showing now 'he 'es
Thsv were first coined by Terah'
e.thar IF Abraham, and taken by the
tar when he left the land Oh the LA Sua
BY him they were pa'a ave. for the
mart of the purchase money ioi 'iio
N n and cave of Machpeiah. ,,r
The Israelites then paid them oae
the price of Joseph, to his orethnen
as that price was as p %iI, . smppcse. Civ,
OTHER ten wer', we Will s"pe'
a TIE money came back to Joseph
his hrethren in the time of the scarc 81,
IN the death of jacob his son Pa'a III:
10 the royal treasury of Sheba for spi
amhalm him. When the Queen o'
Sa Maid a visi, to solomon, the thirty
IF rold were included in her other g
When the king of Egypt spoiiea u On
rla in the time OF SolOmous son no
the king OF Arabia, who accompanie.
reserved these pieces of money us M
nf the piundec, and they remained
1Iingdom till Melchoir presented I'll
the infant Saviour.
In the hurry of the fight into Egg
Rlessed Virgin dropped these ne
money and the other gifts, ana .ne
fonnd by a shepherd, who In after
haioe afflicted with an incuraoie
anrlied to our Saviour, who cure re
and he then offered these pieces at u
They were afterwards paid to =: -
tha nriests as his reward, ana tl
two reasons given for his requiring
pieces of money. One, that he w We =
stolen one-tenth of the price OF I
c;ons ointment which Mary MA
1noured on the feet of Jesus, and W, ',
sS worth about three hundred pence; I.