THE LIFE-GIVING CATCH
Isaiah 8:23-9:3; Psalm 26(27):1,4,13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) – Sunday of the Word of God
By Fr Clement Obiorah, OCD
25th January 2026
On this Sunday of the Word of God, we recognise that Scripture is the primary “net” the Church uses, cast into the deep sea of the world to gather us in. In antiquity, the sea was often viewed as a place of chaos and danger. When Jesus says, “I will make you fishers of men,” we must acknowledge the paradox. Fishing usually implies consumption and death for the fish. If applied to evangelisation, this metaphor might seem absurd. However, in the Kingdom of God, the physics of life are reversed.
BEHOLD THE LAMB – The Power of Submission
Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; Psalm 39(40); 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
18th January 2026
Today, the liturgy shifts our gaze from the hidden life of Jesus to the moment His public mission begins. We stand on the banks of the Jordan with John the Baptist, who sees Jesus approaching and utters words that have echoed through centuries: “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
THE WATERS OF THE JORDAN: A PATTERN OF GRACE
Isaiah 42:1-7; Psalm 28(29):1-4, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17
By Candida Kirkpatrick, OCDS
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
11th January 2026
Today we celebrate the Baptism of Our Lord, a moment when Jesus plunges into the depths of the earth to liberate humanity from original sin. In this act of profound humility, He empowers us with the Holy Spirit so that we might be reborn ‘by water and spirit’ as adopted children of the Father.
WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM
Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 71; Ephesians 3:2-6; Matthew 2:1-12
The Solemnity of the Epiphany
4th January 2026
We recognise that the pilgrimage of these Eastern sages is the perennial journey of the soul. The Epiphany is not merely a narration of past events; it is the ongoing drama of the human heart’s orientation toward its Creator. Our Creator manifests as an infant, vested in the cloak of our humanity. Creative wisdom takes on a concrete existence and has become the light of all who seek real life.