John 2:1-11 Though our liturgical calendar tells us that we are now beginning the second week in Ordinary Time, there are remnants of Epiphany in our liturgy. The celebration of the coming of the Magi, the Baptism of Jesus and the Wedding at Cana are all connected. They are all seen in Greek as Epiphanes ( …
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Baptism of the Lord
Beginning here we glimpse the Three-in-one;The river runs, the clouds are torn apart,The Father speaks, the Sprit and the SonReveal to us the single loving heartThat beats behind the being of all thingsAnd calls and keeps and kindles us to light.The dove descends, the spirit soars and sings‘You are belovèd, you are my delight!’ In …
Mary, the Mother of God
In the Desert Tradition, the men and women who fled to the physical margins of society, developed a very particular relationship with Scripture and particularly with Biblical characters. They were judged by the Master to have understood the Scriptures in so far as they embodied the virtues of the Biblical characters. This teaching came to …