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Our U.S. Bishops encourage us to take up Pope Francis’ challenge to live in solidarity with the poor! There have been reflections each day of the month of January. I am going to put below reflections for the remaining days of January below for your prayerful consideration.

Today I am writing about Saint Óscar Romero. I am going to base my remarks about him on the short biography published in the English edition of Osservatore Romano on October 19, 2018.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord which marks the end of the Christmas season. We return to Ordinary Time until Ash Wednesday, which will be on March 6, 2019.

Greetings on the Solemnity of the Epiphany. This is a rich and complicated Feast Day, which actually originated in the East. In Eastern Christianity, the emphasis was on the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22). Epiphany was introduced into Western Christianity in the fourth century. The word epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning “appearance” or “manifestation.”