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January 6th 2013. FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY

Gospe !t 2"1#12

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea,in the days of King Herod,

behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

“Where is the newborn king of the Jews?

We saw his star at its rising

and have come to do him homage.

When King Herod heard this,

he was greatly troubled,

and all Jerusalem with him.!ssembling all the chief "riests and the scribes of the

"eo"le,

He in#uired of them where the $hrist was to be born.

%hey said to him, “&n Bethlehem of Judea,

for thus it has been written through the "ro"het'

And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler,

who is to shepherd my people Israel.”

%hen Herod called the magi secretly

and ascertained from them the time of the star(s

a""earance.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said,

“)o and search diligently for the child.

When you have found him, bring me word,

that & too may go and do him homage.

!fter their audience with the king they set out.

!nd behold, the star that they had seen at its rising

"receded them,

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until it came and sto""ed over the "lace where the child

was.

%hey were over*oyed at seeing the star,

and on entering the housethey saw the child with +ary his mother.

%hey "rostrated themselves and did him homage.

%hen they o"ened their treasures

and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

!nd having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod,

they de"arted for their country by another way.

eflect '

%he main $hristmas story in +atthew-s )os"el is the

account of the visit of the +agi. %his story shows us that

Jesus is not only the aviour of the chosen "eo"le. He has

come also for the rest of humankind. Jesus is not only king

of the Jews, but the ho"e of the )entiles, all the non/Jewish

"eo"le of the earth0us.

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January 13th. THE $APTIS! OF THE %O&'

Gospe" %u(e 3"1)#16* 21#22

The people were filled with expectation,

and all were asking in their heartswhether John might be the Christ. John answered them all, saying,“I am baptizing you with water,but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. e will baptize you with the oly !pirit and fire."

#fter all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,hea$en was opened and the oly !pirit descendedupon himin bodily form like a do$e. #nd a $oice came from hea$en,“%ou are my belo$ed !on&with you I am well pleased."

'eflect( Luke’s account of the baptism is distinctive because it

focuses on Jesus in a moment of prayer

%he ba"tism of Jesus is recounted by the )os"els of

+atthew, +ark and 1uke in slightly different ways. %he

"eculiar feature of 1uke(s account is that it focuses on whatha""ened after the ba"tism while Jesus was in "rayer. 1et

us e2amine the "assage in detail.

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January 20th. Se+on, Sun,ay o- Or,nary T/e

Gospe" John 2"1#11

There was a wedding at Cana in alilee,

and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also in!ited to the wedding.

"hen the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him,

#They ha!e no wine.”

And Jesus said to her,

#"oman, how does your concern affect me$ %y hour has

not yet come.”

&is mother said to the ser!ers, #'o whate!er he tells you.” (ow there were si) stone water *ars there for Jewish

ceremonial washings,

each holding twenty to thirty gallons.

Jesus told the them, #+ill the *ars with water.”

o they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them, #'raw some out now and ta-e it to the

headwaiter.”

o they too- it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water

that had become wine,

without -nowing where it came from

although the ser!ers who had drawn the water -new ,

the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,

#/!eryone ser!es good wine first,

and then when people ha!e drun- freely, an inferior one;

but you ha!e -ept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in

alilee

and so re!ealed his glory, and his disciples began to

belie!e in him.

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0eflect 1

he miracle at Cana reveals the fundamental elements of

the spiritual life%his incredibly rich te2t has many resonances with other

key "assages in cri"ture, and it evokes many themes of

the s"iritual life. %he im"ortance of the "assage is

underlined by its closing lines, which state that the miracle

at $ana was "erformed by Jesus as the “beginning of his

signs. &n the original )reek, the word for “beginning is

arche, and refers to the first in terms of importance, not

only in chronological terms. %his sign in )alilee is of "rimary im"ortance because it contains elements that are

fundamental for the whole of John(s )os"el, and also for

the s"iritual life.

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January 2th. THI&' SN'AY OF O&'INA&Y TI!E

Gospe" %u(e 1"1# "1#21

Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw u"

accounts of the events that have taken "lace among us,

e2actly as these were handed down to us by those who

from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the

word, & in my turn, after carefully going over the whole

story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered

account for you, %heo"hilus, so that your 32cellency maylearn how well founded the teaching is that you have

received.

Jesus, with the "ower of the "irit in him, returned to

)alilee4 and his re"utation s"read throughout the

countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone

"raised him.

He came to 5a6areth, where he had been brought u", andwent into the synagogue on the abbath day as he usually

did. He stood u" to read and they handed him the scroll of

the "ro"het &saiah. 7nrolling the scroll he found the "lace

where it is written'

The spirit of the 2ord has been gi!en to me, for he has

anointed me.

&e has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,

to proclaim liberty to capti!es and to the blind new sight,

to set the downtrodden free,

to proclaim the 2ord3s year of fa!our

He then rolled u" the scroll, gave it back to the assistant

and sat down. !nd all eyes in the synagogue were fi2ed on

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him. %hen he began to s"eak to them, -%his te2t is being

fulfilled today even as you listen-

eflect '

Luke gives his reasons for writing the Gospel %he unday liturgy is divided into three years !, B and $.

%his is year $, the year of 1uke, and in this week(s reading

1uke(s sets down his reasons for writing the )os"el.

“eeing that many others have undertaken to draw u"

accounts of the events . . ., e2actly as these were handed

down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses

. . ., & in my turn, after carefully going over the whole storyfrom the beginning, have decided to write an ordered

account for you, %heo"hilus, so that you may learn how

well/founded is the teaching that you have received.

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