Jan
12
Baptism of the Lord (Cycle C)
Isaiah 42:1–4, 6–7; Acts 10:34–38; Luke 3:15–16, 21–22
Reprised from 2021 with some revisions
Last week, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. The scriptural context of our celebration was the visit of the Magi to the house of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph sometime after Jesus was born. But the feast itself represents something greater: the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles. At this moment, Jesus becomes manifest to the whole world as the Lamb of God. Recall the first revelation to the shepherds in the fields outside of Bethlehem, representing Jesus’ revelation to the poor and outcast in Israel’s midst following the nativity. The shepherds who visited the Christ child on Christmas day represented the am haarez—the people of the land.
Reprised from 2021 with some revisions
Last week, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. The scriptural context of our celebration was the visit of the Magi to the house of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph sometime after Jesus was born. But the feast itself represents something greater: the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles. At this moment, Jesus becomes manifest to the whole world as the Lamb of God. Recall the first revelation to the shepherds in the fields outside of Bethlehem, representing Jesus’ revelation to the poor and outcast in Israel’s midst following the nativity. The shepherds who visited the Christ child on Christmas day represented the am haarez—the people of the land.
