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Behold, Christ — head and members, sheep and shepherd — one true light to the nations.
Homily for 6th January (Friday before the Epiphany), Christmastide, delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld.
"Who can overcome the world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God... We accept the testimony of human witnesses, but God’s testimony is much greater, and this is God’s testimony, given as evidence for his Son. Everybody who believes in the Son of God
has this testimony inside him; This is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have life... believe in the name of the Son of God [and] be sure that you have eternal life." (cf. 1 Jn 5).
"He sends out his word to the earth and swiftly runs his command. He makes his word known to Jacob, to Israel his laws and decrees. He has not dealt thus with other nations; he has not taught them his decrees." (cf. Ps 147).
"In the course of his preaching John said: ‘Someone is following me, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’ It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. No sooner had he come up out of the water than he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’" (cf. Mk 1).
Artwork: a section of "Christ as the True Light" by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1526-27).
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By Ashwin Emmanuel AcharyaHomily for 6th January (Friday before the Epiphany), Christmastide, delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld.
"Who can overcome the world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God... We accept the testimony of human witnesses, but God’s testimony is much greater, and this is God’s testimony, given as evidence for his Son. Everybody who believes in the Son of God
has this testimony inside him; This is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have life... believe in the name of the Son of God [and] be sure that you have eternal life." (cf. 1 Jn 5).
"He sends out his word to the earth and swiftly runs his command. He makes his word known to Jacob, to Israel his laws and decrees. He has not dealt thus with other nations; he has not taught them his decrees." (cf. Ps 147).
"In the course of his preaching John said: ‘Someone is following me, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’ It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. No sooner had he come up out of the water than he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’" (cf. Mk 1).
Artwork: a section of "Christ as the True Light" by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1526-27).