Herod waits and waits for the Magi to return. When he finds out he was deceived, he tells the soldiers, "Go and kill all the baby boys born in
these last two years in Bethlehem and places near it."
Turing to Mary, Simeon says, "This child is destined for the fll and the rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted so that thoughts of manny hearts will be revealed. And you yourself a sword will pierce."
The manger is a sign. It tell us a beautiful and great great truth: Jesus is the Bread come down from heaven to feed human beings hungry for love and for God.
Mary is quite surprised and amazed as God has chosen her from among all the girls to be the mother of Jusus. And she is not yet even married to Joseph, her boyfriend.