VATICAN CITY: Marking the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis reflected on the Liturgy of the day that tells of how Jesus’ pubic life began.
Speaking from the Apostolic Library during the Sunday Angelus, the Pope noted that after the feast of the Epiphany, the Liturgy takes a leap of some 30 years, hidden time spent by Jesus with his family, obeying his parents, studying and working.
All of the evangelists, he said, narrate his public life that they say spanned about three years.
It is striking, he said, that the Lord spent most of his time on earth living an ordinary life, without standing out.