2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3)

In today’s gospel, we see John the Baptist pointing to Jesus and saying “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.” We know these words well, for they are the words said at every mass at the elevation of the host by the priest just before communion. We …

Contrary to the other gospels, John does not pepper his gospel with many stories of Jesus’ miracles. We know Jesus worked many miracles, many of which are not even recorded in any of the gospels. But John decides to recount only seven miracles of Jesus in his gospel. …

In today’s gospel we see John designating Jesus as the Christ is the Lamb of God and takes away the sins of the world. But how precisely does Jesus take away the sins of the world? The image of the Lamb of God that we are given in today’s gospel is based on the Pascal lamb: …