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In the Gospel today, Jesus calls His apostles by telling them to put down their nets and follow Him. It is the beginning of a new kind of life for those Jesus has called.

St. John the Baptist in the Gospel today gives us a word of hope. He says Jesus will baptize with the Holy Spirit? What does that mean?

It is wonderful that we begin Ordinary Time with the last two lines of the Gospel this Sunday being: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."              

Whenever I hear of the Magi following the star to Bethlehem, I think of our astronomers today who look up to the stars to learn the answers to the great questions we have like: "Where do we come from? How did we get here? And what is the fate of all creation?"