January 12, 2025: Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

We rejoice at the birth of Christ because God came to our world and became human.

Jesus Christ identified Himself so closely with us by taking on our flesh.

As the Word Made Flesh, He raises our humanity to the divine life of Heaven.

God indeed shepherds us into the ways of Eternal Life.  He cleanses us so that we are rightoues in God's sight and equipped for good works.

Jesus didn't need to be baptized, yet in His baptism, He identified Himself with us and transformed this ritual into a means by which God would cleanse us, declare us His beloved, and transform us to be part of His people.

So we join with the Church in praising Christ, the presence of God Who continues to abide with us, and open ourselves to transformation that manifests God's Divine Presence in us.