We hang new calendars: What else needs to change, and what to remain steadfast? To prepare for the new road ahead, we have the opportunity to bless our homes on the Feast of Epiphany (4).

Anointing figures prominently in the readings this week. Isaiah speaks of God's "chosen one." In Acts, Peter reminds his audience "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power."

"How do you know when a call is from God?" someone asked recently on the VISION Vocation Network website.

On Sunday mornings—no matter the lesson plan or liturgical season—our preschoolers and kindergartners who were part of the parish religious education program abandoned their classrooms to watch all Baptisms that took place during Mass.

One of my favorite television programs when I was growing up was a quiz show called To Tell the Truth.

As we prepare to celebrate the peace of Christ and the sacred mysteries of his love, let us acknowledge our failures and ask the Lord's forgiveness.

Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water holy, and by his cleansing to purify the waters which he touched…. Christ is the first to be baptized, then, so that Christians will follow after him.

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