The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

1. A VIEW OF THE THREE HOLY KINGS ON THEIR JOURNEY HOME.

At this time I saw all three kings together again beyond a river. They had a day of rest and kept a feast. At this place there was one big house with several smaller ones. The direction taken by the kings on their way home lies between the road they followed on their journey to Bethlehem and that by which Jesus came out of Egypt in the third year of His ministry. At first they traveled very quickly, but after this resting-place their pace was much slower than when they came. I always saw a shining youth going before them and sometimes talking with them. They left Ur on the right.

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