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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Prayers of the Faithful Celebrant: Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus Christ began His ministry in Capernaum in order to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah as the great Light for the people who had been sitting in darkness and dwelling in a land overshadowed by death. In faith, let us offer these prayers to the Lord:          L. We pray for our parishioners, may the Light of Christ shine brightly in the way we live our…

Jesus left Nazareth and began His ministry in Capernaum after John the Baptist was arrested. Capernaum was one of the fishing towns in the north part of the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida was another. Bethsaida was the birthplace of least three of Jesus’ apostles: Philip, Simon Peter and his brother Andrew. Simon Peter and Andrew were fishermen who have been partners with James and John, sons of a man named Zebedee. Since large freshwater lakes with abundant fish resources were…