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Second Sunday after the Epiphany
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In the "old" lectionary, the Sundays of Epiphany continued the manifestation theme mostly with the miracles of Jesus, beginning of course with the changing of the water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana. This miracle moves to the Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Cycle/Year C, and a new element of manifestation is introduced in Cycle/Year A. Jesus is identified by John the Baptizer, who said, "After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.