Category: Mass Readings

“… John answered … ‘I am baptizing you with water … one mightier than I … will Baptize you with the Holy Spirit and Fire.’ After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in Bodily Form like a dove. … a Voice came from Heaven, ‘You are My Beloved Son; with You I AM well pleased.'”

“When Jesus saw the vast crowd, His Heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and He began to Teach them many things. * * * … taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to Heaven,
He said the Blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to His Disciples to set before the people; He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied. … they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments
and what was left of the fish. Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.”

“When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea …. Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’ He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people. His fame spread … they brought to Him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and He cured them. …”