'Here is the Lamb of God . . .' Sunday Reflections, 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Madonna and Child with the Lamb of God , Cesare de Sesto, c.1615 [ Web Gallery of Art ] In the Philippines the liturgy is that of the Feast of the Santo Niño (Holy Child). You'll find Sunday Reflections for that here . Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel John 1:29-34 ( New Revised StandardVersion, Catholic Edition , Canada) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on