2nd Sunday after Epiphany

1 John 1:29-42a

Who is Jesus? Come and see.



The Gospel today is all about people beginning to see who Jesus is. John

calls Jesus, “The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” He

says it again the next day, and two of John’s disciples split off and follow

Jesus. They call Him, “Rabbi.” One of these two disciples was Andrew,

who said to his brother, Peter, “We have found the Messiah.”

We, along with the disciples, will slowly have our eyes opened to Jesus as we witness his miracles,

his exorcisms, his preaching, and ultimately, his suffering and death. Flesh and blood cannot reveal

this to us, but only the Father can reveal Jesus to us through his words and the inimitable way He

uses them at the font and the table. This is the way that we too can come and see.