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  ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR INTRODUCTION Because the term "ordinary" in English most often means something that is not special or distinctive, many people think that Ordinary Time in the liturgical timing of the Catholic Church refers to parts of the calendar of the Catholic Church that are unimportant. Even though the season of Ordinary Time makes up most of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, the fact that Ordinary Time refers to those periods that fall outside of the major liturgical seasons reinforces this impression. Yet Ordinary Time is far from unimportant or uninteresting. WHY IS ORDINARY TIME CALLED "ORDINARY"? Christmas Time and Easter Time highlight the central mysteries of the Paschal Mystery, namely, the incarnation, death on the cross, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The Sundays and weeks of Ordinary Time, on the other hand, take us through the life of Christ. This is the time of con...

  HOMILY FOR THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD YEAR C Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; Psalm 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30; Titus 2: 11-14;  3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Today marks the END OF CHRISTMAS SEASON. Today is the FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C. I pray for you: May you live out your mission of sharing in the ministry of Jesus and of proclaiming the Good News of the love which God has for others. Amen. Scriptures and writers said nothing about the life of Jesus Christ before the time of his baptism. The events of about twenty years of His life are completely unmentioned. It seems that He spent those years in helping in the family business and preparing Himself for what He was going to be doing. The turning point in His life was His Baptism by John the Baptist at River Jordan. It was a public manifestation of His role as the Messiah, the Son of God.  THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Just as Bishop Donald J Hying would say in his homily: We Christians reflect ...

  THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF JESUS CHRIST UTAZI Prince Marie Benignus Zereuwa INTRODUCTION The feast of today has a lot to offer to us. We shall look into the baptism in the life of Jewish people, baptism in the life of Jesus Christ and how it concerns the Christians of today.   John prepared the way for Christ Jesus by calling people to acknowledge their sin and their need for salvation. The baptism celebrated by John the Baptist was a purification ceremony meant to get the hearts of the people ready to receive their Savior, Jesus Christ. Now, Jesus was baptized by John; not because He needed to repent, but in order to obey the new command God laid upon His people through the Baptist (Matthew 3:13-17).  On the day of his baptism, Jesus Christ was officially and publicly being sent out on His mission; which is, to proclaim the Good News of the salvation of God in and through what He will say and do, including His death and resurrection. God is acknowledging in the sight ...