Changes in Our Lives ~ Msgr. Daniel Hoye

The Christmas Season continues through next Sunday, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, but right after we celebrate Epiphany, the Church presents to us the real message that this infant that we celebrate brings.  The readings today have really a double focus—one in a relationship, the other internal introspection.

We hear in the Letter of John that “we are to believe in Christ to love one another”—that’s the relationship challenge.  In the Gospel, we hear the basic message that Jesus begins in his preaching—repent, change yourself.  It may be in relationship to others, but it’s really an internal thing—that we have to look at ourselves and make some adjustments in our life.

So, the Epiphany or the revelation that we celebrated yesterday urges changes in our life.