Common Worship (Church of England)Father,you revealed your Son to the nationsby the guidance of a star. The three gifts led to the tradition that there were three wise men - although the text does not give a number. Attempts at dating the "star" misses the story's point that it moved in a quite un-astronomical way to indicate the birthplace precisely. Some, particularly around Christmas and Epiphany, still follow a practice of several collects at the start of the Eucharist. This site advocates for a bidding, silent prayer of the community collected by a single collect prayed aloud by the presider and affirmed in the "Amen" of the gathered community.