[GreyFriar]

Thank you for listing myrrh, which Msgr Pope did not mention. Of the three it is interesting that the first two were for a living king while the third, myrrh, was used for embalming. Thus one gift foreshadowed Jesus’ death on the cross as sacrifice for our salvation.

Here are two short, but interesting articles on the Maji and the gift of myrrh, both on the same link:

http://www.bswett.com/1960-12Myrrh.html

[zot]

Thank you for the link at post #12.