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BAPTISM OF THE LORD

1/12/2020

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Hello friends,

Today’s feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the end of the Christmas season within our liturgical year. Tomorrow will be the first Monday of Ordinary Time. Today’s feast also marks a transition in the life of Jesus from quiet, family life in Nazareth to the active years of his public ministry. It is telling that in the life of Christ the vast majority of his years were occupied with the tasks of everyday living: working as a carpenter, eating meals with his family, praying in the synagogue, and making pilgrimages to worship in the temple in Jerusalem. In today’s first reading, the prophet is speaking to God’s people in exile in Babylon, 500 years before Christ. In today’s passage God introduces his servant to his people; however the servant is not named. God’s servant will be a light to the nations, establish justice in the world and liberate captives, all done in a non-violent manner. God has put his spirit on his servant and it’s obvious God is quite pleased with his servant. Scholars debate who the Jews might have thought God was speaking of when they heard this passage; but no one, until after Jesus death and resurrection, ever suspected this passage referred to the Messiah. At Jesus’ baptism at the beginning of his public ministry, God introduces Jesus to the world as more than his servant, as his beloved son with whom he is well pleased.

Hola amigos,

La fiesta de hoy del Bautismo del Señor marca el final de la época navideña dentro de nuestro año litúrgico. Mañana será el primer lunes del tiempo Ordinario. La fiesta de hoy también marca una transición en la vida de Jesús de la vida tranquila y familiar en Nazaret a los años activos de su ministerio público. Es revelador que en la vida de Cristo la gran mayoría de sus años estuvieron ocupados con las tareas de la vida cotidiana: trabajar como carpintero, comer con su familia, orar en la sinagoga y hacer peregrinaciones para adorar en el templo de Jerusalén. En la primera lectura de hoy, el profeta está hablando al pueblo de Dios en el exilio en Babilonia, 500 años antes de Cristo. En el pasaje de hoy Dios presenta a su siervo a su pueblo; sin embargo, el sirviente no se nombra. El siervo de Dios será una luz para las naciones, establecerá justicia en el mundo y liberará cautivos, todo hecho de una manera no violenta. Dios ha puesto su espíritu en su siervo y es obvio que Dios está muy complacido con su siervo. Los eruditos debaten de quién podrían haber pensado los judíos que Dios estaba hablando cuando escucharon este pasaje; pero nadie, hasta después de la muerte y resurrección de Jesús, sospechó que este pasaje se refería al Mesías. En el bautismo de Jesús al comienzo de su ministerio público, Dios presenta a Jesús al mundo como más que a su siervo, como su amado hijo con quien está muy complacido.

​Fr. Alex Urena
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