Why do some people have mystical experience and others don't? Fr. Allen's take on the famous story of the Magi who see a star that leads them on an unlikely journey is something that might seem initially off-putting but is, he asserts, something we may find helpful.
Image: Wesley, Frank, 1923-2002. Arrival of the Kings, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=59233 [retrieved January 23, 2025]. Original source: Estate of Frank Wesley, http://www.frankwesleyart.com/main_page.htm.