Light of the Word: Brief Reflections on the Sunday Readings (Biblia.com)

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This book seeks to present the common themes that connect all three of the readings for Sundays and feasts of the Lord in the three-year cycle of readings. Organized by each Sunday and feast day of the liturgical year for years A, B, and C, these reflections are meant to be theological and spiritual suggestions that the one who is preaching can develop further and from which he can select...

the first Sunday in Ordinary Time. In today’s first reading Jesus is the beloved servant of God, who was “anointed” by the Spirit that descended upon him (anointing-chrismation-Christ-Messiah). Today’s Gospel deals with John the Baptist’s testimony to this event. It is so concerned with giving testimony that John the Gospel-writer, for whom “testimony” is a central concept (testimony of the Father, of Moses, of the Baptist, of the disciples for Jesus; Jesus’ self-testimony), does not even mention

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