Study of the Readings
Ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
He was like us in all things but sin, the author of Hebrews reminds us when discussing Jesus’ high priesthood. And yet we balk at the statement. “If he did not sin, how could he really be like us? How could he be fully human?”
John J. Pilch
Jesus presumably leaves his family and village to come to John for baptism. This movement is very symbolic.
Man of dust that I am, let deepest reverence enfold me when I behold the height to which I have been called.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Each of this Sunday’s readings invites us to ponder the centrality of peace and justice in the mission of Jesus and in the mission of any of us who claim to be his disciples.
Reginald H. Fuller
This feast has regained some prominence, and for this we may be glad. It helps to reinforce the theological, as opposed to the historical, emphasis of our Western Christmas cycle of feasts.