The Magi, says the Gospel, having opened their treasures, offered Him gold, incense, and myrrh, mysterious gifts which, in regard to their faith, had a signification and a language of their own. Gold signified the tribute of homage which they paid to Him as the great King, the Sovereign of the Universe, the Master of all the treasures of heaven and earth. The incense signified the tribute of praise and of prayer which they presented to Him as the Living God, toward Whom the incense of their prayers ought to ascend from all creatures. The myrrh, which is employed in the embalming of the dead, was a profession of faith on their part in the holy humanity which was united in the crib to the Divinity, and which, as our Pontiff and our Victim, He would immolate for us one day on the cross.
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Prose de Paris
