12/01/2025

I have often wondered how it can be that the people who were present at the Baptism of Our Lord could ever have gone back to their worldly lives after "hearing the voice of the Lord". 

"This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased".

The miracle at Cana had been more of a private or even domestic event between Son and his Mother. This was an Epiphany that was witnessed not only by the twelve but also by "the Baptist's" disciples and the "Voice of the Lord" should have been heard by all those who were present.

The later part of Jesus' life on earth was lived entirely in public. We have a record of the preaching and miracle working of only about 10% of his lifetime as witnessed by 50% of the Evangelists the other two are, as are we, "the Blessed who have not seen but yet believe".

Luke and Mark probably did not witness the Crucifixion but came to believe the Good News in the chaos that followed the death and Resurrection and listened, as St Paul also did, to the words of Peter and the other disciples.

We are reading today of God's openly declared presence as "true man" in the Nation that he had guided as he had guided no other then or since then.

His final interaction with the political power of that era was to deny and thus warn us that he "IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT" had any intentions for the political development of humanity. 

In this morning's Gospel,  IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT's final revelation to mankind is beginning to be made by the Baptism and acknowledgement of the person of Jesus by, Father and Holy Spirit. 

Speaking directly to all leaders and rulers for ever more at his trial presided over by the "Great Power" of his day he declares "My Kingdom is not of this world".

If we believe and each individual one of us concern ourselves with obeying the Truth that is God's revelations we would be able to conform to His will on earth, but as things stand today we are still as far away from image and likeness as were the Sanhedrin and Pilate who conducted the trial of God who has completed the revelation to the whole world publicly begun as true man in his Baptism in the Jordan by SON and thus by IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT.

Dear Lord let me continue in my prayer throughout this day. You know as "true man" that there are always temptations that surround us in this world. You know us all as your creation and also know each individual soul as the unique person that we are. Let me learn how to love all my brothers and sisters without envy for we are all equal in your sight. Each life is as valuable to you as the next and the cries of those lost in the cess-pits of materialism never go unheard as" This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased" must have done. We may ignore the "Voice of the Lord" but You search out all who go missing from the fold of Love. May Mary, whose maternal love cherished every moment of your childhood and youth as do all human mothers and accepted the role you gave her on Calvary, pray that we all become aware that we live by every word that comes from the mouth of God and show by our actions that we truly believe so.