18 January 2026 – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Is 49:3, 5–6; 1 Cor 1:1–3; Jn 1:29–34
Homily
The Gospels for the Sundays in Ordinary Time of the liturgical year are taken each year from a different evangelist: Matthew for Year A, Mark for Year B, and Luke for Year C. However, on this second Sunday, which follows the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, we read each year a part of John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus according to the Gospel of John. John does not recount Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, which marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry in the other Gospels, but dwells on John's testimony.