St. Paul has one of the most dramatic and famous conversion stories of all time. He was born a Roman citizen in Tarsus. He was a highly educated Jewish man who was trained in classical disciplines such as rhetoric and in the strict observance of Mosaic law.
Our invitation to and instruction on how we are to come to mass today is simple: Sing a new song to the Lord. A new song is a song that shall be ever new, shall never wax old nor vanish away; it is an everlasting song that shall never be out of date.
The fact that many of the early saints made such a tremendous impression on the Church—awakening widespread devotion and great praise from the greatest writers of the Church—is proof of the heroism of their lives.
This fervent invitation today is for us to join the whole earth in affirmation of God’s power and love and mercy. We, as God's people should communicate our experiences to each other. We should tell one another of the great and kind things which God has done for us, especially what he has done for our souls, those spiritual blessings with which he has blessed us.
The Baptism of the Lord is the great event celebrated by the Eastern churches on the feast of Epiphany because it is the occasion of the first public revelation of all the Three Persons in the Holy Trinity, and the official revelation of Jesus as the Son of God to the world by God the Father.
"When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage." -Matthew 2: 1-2