THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME AND THE PUBLIC MINISTRY OF JESUS AND THE CHURCH..............

On this 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, day two of the Week of Prayer For Christian Unity 2014, John the Baptist in the Gospel Proclamation at Sunday Mass, having already Baptized Jesus, proclaims to those who had been following him until the appearance of the Christ, to behold Jesus as, "The Lamb Of God".  The Baptizer alerts his followers to see and recognize Jesus as the Promised One the People of Israel have long awaited.  It is part of John's way of decreasing his presence in order to increase and focus attention on Jesus as the Messiah sent by God as the perfect sacrificial Lamb in atonement for the sins of Humankind. He is the One prophesied about by the Prophet Isaiah several centuries earlier as the, "Suffering Servant", spoken about in Today's First Reading.  With Praise and Thanksgiving to our immemorial and supreme, Living and True God, let us acclaim Jesus, the Lamb of God who is the Saving, Redeeming, Lord of our lives and All Creation..............Father Troy David