Year C, Epiphany – Is 60-1-6; Ps 71:1-2,7-8,10-13; Eph 3:2-3,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

And what can I give to Jesus?

What is the most precious treasure I can offer before His face? Is it just a small bow in church? A short, quick morning prayer? Or maybe this act of love for another, yet laced with self-interest? But what do I want to give to Him? My whole self? My health? My future? My hurts? My outrages?

Someone once said that when he experienced the theft of his wallet, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, “And you see – they stole your wallet, Jesus, after all it belonged to you.”

Am I able to give Him everything? If so, why do I cling so tightly to my plans? Lord, take everything I am and everything I have. Only in this way will I become Your child.

May Christ bless our houses, our homes, our families, and our lives, now and for ever. You live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.