Lectionary Devotions by Father Gethin

The season of Epiphany presents us with an unfolding account of our Lord’s character and identity, so that we may come to know more and more clearly the meaning of His Incarnation, the meaning of Emmanuel, of ‘God with us’.

Our lessons for this Sunday mark the earliest events in our Lord’s earthly life… Christ was to live ‘under’, which is to say, subject to, God’s rule and order of righteousness, so that He might save those who were under the burden of the law’s condemnation.