Sunday, January 20, 2008

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus and St. John the Baptist
The Virgin Mary With Jesus and St. John the Baptist by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Gospel
Jn 1:29-34
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel.”
John testified further, saying, “I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
Source: USCCB

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Esther,
When I read the words of John that he saw the spirit come down upon him and remain there.
The thought that came into my mine was that John saw the spirit of God. Wow, I don't know of anyone who ever saw the spirit of God.
That was very profound.

Alexandra said...

We had the sweetest little girl baptised today. She laughed and cooed throughout...just beautiful. A perfect reading for today.

EC Gefroh said...

Oh Ed, I've never thought of it that way. Beautiful!!

That is so sweet Alexandra!

Easter Almuena said...

What a beautiful picture, Esther!!!

EC Gefroh said...

Easter, I just love this artist's work.