{"id":6127,"date":"2026-01-08T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:58:29","slug":"in-jesus-footsteps-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/in-jesus-footsteps-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"In Jesus\u2019 Footsteps: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/project\/japan-migrant-ministries-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lo Xuan Dam, M.M.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Baptism of the Lord<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resources\/baptism-of-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 11, 2026<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/011126.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 | Acts 10:34-38 | Matthew 3:13-17<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liturgically speaking, the Christmas season ends with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/01\/epiphanies-in-bethlehem-and-el-paso-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Epiphany<\/a>, and the New Year\u2019s Ordinary time starts with this feast of Baptism of Our Lord, since today is also the Ordinary Time\u2019s first Sunday. But in a sense \u2014 I think \u2014 this day can be seen as both the end of Christmas and the beginning of the Ordinary season, if we understand \u201cordinary\u201d as \u201cnormative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today marks the inauguration of Jesus\u2019 mission in the world, and his historical birth into the world as well as his manifestation to the world are steps to bring him to this point. And our duty, as Christians, is to \u201cget down to business\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/04\/walking-with-jesus-in-south-sudan-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">following his steps<\/a>, to take on the mission he has entrusted to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mission is what our Christian life is about, not only as individuals, but as the Church herself, for \u201cit is not that the Church has a mission, but rather it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/photo_meditations\/mission-has-a-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mission that has a Church<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus\u2019 mission is well described in the first reading from Isaiah, \u201cas a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness\u201d \u2014 and from the second reading from Acts, \u201cdoing good and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/09\/heal-with-active-faith-a-maryknoll-reflection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">healing<\/a> all who were oppressed by the devil.\u201d However, Jesus started all that by submitting himself to be baptized by John at the river Jordan, and so identified himself with all other people in their situation of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Jesus\u2019 time, there were various \u201cspiritualties\u201d among the Jewish people, as practiced by different groups like the Essenes, the Sadducees, the Pharisees and the Zealots, but <a href=\"https:\/\/liberationtheology.org\/people-organizations\/fr-aloysius-pieris-sj-perspectives-on-asian-liberation-theology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesuit Father Aloysius Pieris<\/a>, the Sri Lankan theologian, has argued that Jesus chose to get baptized by John the Baptizer because he found John\u2019s prophetic asceticism to be the most liberating. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2021\/09\/through-baptism-all-christians-are-united-equal-in-christ-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baptism<\/a> did not stand alone, but would be completed by another baptism that Jesus would later go through in the cross (<a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/luke\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cf. Luke 12:50<\/a>). Father Pieris went on to insist that \u201cthe Church in Asia, in order to be of Asia, must undergo a double baptism in the Jordan of Asian religions and the Calvary of Asian poverties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Father Pieris said for the Church in Asia is also true for the Church everywhere nowadays. We now all live in a globalized world, and, almost everywhere, one can encounter right in his\/her neighborhood people of other faith traditions. We have to engage with them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/10\/mission-is-common-goal-of-synod-and-ecumenism-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in dialogue<\/a>, especially with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/pontifical_councils\/interelg\/documents\/rc_pc_interelg_doc_19051991_dialogue-and-proclamatio_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dialogue of Life and Dialogue of Action<\/a> (working together for the common good, for peace and justice).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, people everywhere still endure many forms of poverties \u2014 socially, psychologically, spiritually, and physically. Pope Francis wanted the Church to be \u201ca poor Church for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/10\/love-for-the-poor-is-hallmark-of-faith-pope-leo-says-in-first-exhortation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poor people<\/a>\u201d and \u201ca field hospital after battle to care for the wounded\u201d; and only \u201cwounded healers,\u201d to use the term of <a href=\"https:\/\/orbisbooks.com\/products\/gods-beloved?srsltid=AfmBOoqrbDguwHO0E4pEKB7n_JpVxPiv57DRHXooZFyJJfgeTMf1rTZm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dutch priest and writer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Nouwen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Father Henri Nouwen<\/a>, can be truly effective healers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maryknoll Father Lo Xuan Dam, originally from Vietnam, was ordained in 2000. He serves migrant workers in Japan, most of whom come from Vietnam, the Philippines and Myanmar.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To read other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Featured image: A photo shows the Jordan River, where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. 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