[Meditationes seu Contemplationes devotissimae]

...but after eight days were completed, in order that he might be circumcised, the evangelist says, "His name was called Jesus," a name surely glorious, most worthy to be adored and increased, the name which is above every name, which the mouth of the Lord has named, the name besides which there is no other under heaven in which it behooves us to be saved. O sweet name, desirable name, name comforting the sinner! Clearly, this name gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, movement to the lame, speech to the mutes, life to the dead, and drove the power of the devil from those possessed by bodies of this kind. Rightly, indeed, in the circumcision, this name was imposed upon you, Lord Jesus, because from that hour you were already truly showing yourself to be Jesus by your work, already shedding your precious blood for the work of our redemption, for our salvation, tasting the first fruits of your bitter passion. Pay attention, therefore, now, faithful soul: he is to be honored more worthily by all as Jesus Christ, as he took on more unworthy things for all, and with what love he is to be loved by you, who redeemed you with his precious blood.

The seventh, about the oblations of the three kings

Acknowledge, faithful soul,
that when the faith of the
nativity of Jesus Christ our Lord

was looking to the salvation of all men, it was most fitting that the very temporal nativity of Christ should be declared to the universal world. For although he had chosen the Israelite race and one family of that race from which he would assume human nature, he still wanted his origins to be hidden within the narrow confines of a maternal dwelling, but soon he wanted to be acknowledged by all, he who deigned to be born for all. Therefore, to the three Magi in the region of the East, as the first fruits of the Gentiles, a star of new brightness appeared, which, being more illustrious than the others and brighter than the stars, would easily turn the eyes and minds of those looking at it, so that they would immediately perceive that it was not idle that which appeared so unusual. He gave understanding to those looking, who provided the sign, and what he made to be understood, he made to be sought, and offered himself to be found by the kings. Let the Magi, therefore, fulfill their desire and, with the same star leading, reach the boy Lord Jesus Christ. They adore in the flesh the Word of infancy, in the infirmity of the child the wisdom of virtue, and in the truth of man the God of majesty. O wondrous thing! Worthy of adoration, he is shut up between the embraces of the one who bore him, he who embraces heaven and earth. He hides in the bosom of his mother, he who exceeds the kingdom of the Father. Through a simple spiritual office, the mystery is relieved.