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There is a legend that teaches us what life expects of us.

It is said that there was a fourth Wise Man, who also saw the star shining over Bethlehem and decided to follow it. As a gift, he planned to offer the Child a chest full of precious pearls. However, on his way he met various people who asked for his help.

This Wise Man attended to them with joy and diligence, and left a pearl for each one.
But that was delaying his arrival and emptying his coffer.

He found many poor, sick, imprisoned and miserable people, and he could not leave them unattended. He stayed with them as long as necessary to relieve their suffering and then continued on his way, which was again interrupted by another destitute.

It happened that when he finally arrived in Bethlehem, the other Magi were no longer there and the Child had fled with his parents to Egypt, because King Herod wanted to kill him.

The Wise Man continued searching for him, now without the star that had previously guided him.
He searched and searched and searched... and they say that he spent more than thirty years traveling the earth, looking for the Child and helping those in need.

Until one day he arrived in Jerusalem just as the angry mob was calling for the death of an innocent man. Looking at him, he recognized something familiar in his eyes.

These kinds of things can also happen to you. You can experience them in the Challenge of Ironman Of Life where the three internal marathons of life are experienced.

But let's continue with the story:
Between the pain, the blood and the suffering, I could see in his eyes the brightness of that star.
That miserable man who was being executed was the Child he had been searching for for so long.
Sadness filled her heart, already old and tired by time. Although she still had a pearl in her bag, it was too late to offer it to the Child who now, grown into a man, hung on a Cross.

He had failed in his mission. And with nowhere else to go, he stayed in Jerusalem to await his death.

Barely three days had passed when a light even brighter than a thousand stars filled her room. It was the Risen One coming to meet her!

The Wise Man, falling on his knees before Him, took the remaining pearl and extended his hand while bowing. Jesus took him tenderly and said to him: “You did not fail. On the contrary, you found me throughout your life. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was in prison, and you visited me. For I was in all the men whom you met on your way. Thank you very much for so many gifts of love! Now you will be with me forever, because with so much money in heaven that you made, you will have eternal interests and a better inner strength to live the years that remain to you in temporal life. That is why I am a seeker of money in heaven.”

The story does not require an explanation… we are the fourth Wise Man and life expects us to find him in every needy person who crosses our path…

Happy Three Kings' Day. Thank you for reading.

– Dr Roch

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