Our Lady as the Gebirah - the Queen Mother in Mt 2:11

Why is St Joseph not mentioned in the account of the Magi upon their arrival at Bethlehem (cf. Mt 2:1-11)? Joseph of Nazareth plays a prominent role in Matthew's Gospel, though. His presence is well outlined in what just precedes the moment of the adoration of the Magi (the Angel telling Joseph in a dream about the divine Incarnation) and what follows it (Joseph alerted by the angel to flee with Jesus and Mary into Egypt). So he is definitively not forgotten by the evangelist. However, the message delivered by the Gospel of the Magi is that the Baby is recognisable as the true Davidic King by being "with Mary his Mother." Our Lady is the Gebirah, the "Great Lady" or the "Queen Mother", who, as in the Davidic realm, is beside the King pointing to his royal dignity. As already with Bathsheba in the book of 1Kgs 2:19, Our Lady sits with the Son, or, even better, is the very Throne of the Son, the Seat of Wisdom. In this very moment, the great icon of Our Lady with Child Jesus sitting on her lap and offered to our adoration and contemplation takes shape and will be later painted.

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