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Podcast: Bishop Barronâs Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
Episode: The Lamb Who Takes Away the Sin of the World
Description: Friends, we return now to Ordinary Time, and the Church asks us again to think about the baptism of the Lord, this time in light of Saint Johnâs distinctive account. John the Baptist sees Jesus coming toward him on the banks of the River Jordan, and the Baptist says, âBehold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.â You recognize that line from the Mass, when the priest holds up the consecrated elements and repeats John the Baptistâs words. This declaration is of absolutely decisive significance, for John is giving us the interpretive lens by which we...