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Mysteries: The Return from Egypt

OF HOW CHRIST OUR LORD RETURNED FROM EGYPT St. Matthew writes in the second Chapter [19-23]. First Point. First: The Angel warns Joseph to return to Israel. “`Arise and take the Child and His Mother and go to the land of Israel.’” Second Point. Second: Rising, he came to the land of Israel. Third Point. Third: Because Archelaus, son of Herod, was reigning in Judea, he withdrew into Nazareth.