A blessing to the world (John 1:43-51; Epiphany 2B)
Jesus quotes the Jacob’s ladder story in Genesis.
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In this week’s Gospel reading we see Jesus the Son of Humanity, who serves as the intersection between God and all humans. I wrote about this in my magazine column on this text.