Kingdom of Heaven

Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Year A: 11 January 2026

Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17

Today, with the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism, we have the end of Christmas, and the end of the Epiphany. In the West from quite early times a separate Feast of the Baptism fell out of use, being simply absorbed into the Feast of the Epiphany.