A Homily for the Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year A John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” –John 1:29– In our Gospel today, Saint John the Baptist identifies Jesus as “the
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