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Staff Trax

Heaven Torn Open

As I read our Gospel text today, you might have been thinking, haven’t we just read this story? Well, we did read the first five verses back on the second Sunday in Advent and today we hear it again as we add to it the story of Jesus’ baptism. So let’s take a look at what is happening.

Mark begins his Gospel with John in the wilderness and he says, “John the baptizer appeared…