Monday, 1/9/17
Today, in recalling the baptism of Jesus, we continue our celebration
of his Epiphany. The word epiphany signifies
the bringing into light some hidden greatness. Kings in the East often declared
themselves to be gods appearing in human form, even referring to themselves as
epiphanies. . But with Jesus, the Father
spoke from above, declaring him to be
the Son od God, the one and only Epiphany.
You might remember that after his baptism Jesus retired to
the desert to be tempted. Paul wrote that the death by which Jesus saved us was
not so much his physical death, but his “death to sin.”
At his baptism Jesus began the long death to sin by which he
saves us.
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