The Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body. As they look, they believe and do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for God, gold for a king, myrrh for one who is to die.
--St. Peter Chrysologus
Image source: Andrea Mantegna, Adoration of the Magi (1460-1465), https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/three-panels-mantegna
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