Baptism of the Lord

The solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord brings to an end the season of Christmas. Jesus descended into River to sanctify its waters and to give the powers to beget sons of God.

Christ did not need the baptism of John, although he appeared in the substance of our flesh and was recognized like unto ourselves, he was absolutely sinless and impeccable. He conferred upon the water the power of true baptism which would remove all the sins of the world.

The waters of baptism flow to the river of justice when we believe in our call to believe as children of God, but we are busy beavers damning the rivers to restrain the grace as a personal possession that we hoard instead of sharing with humanity.

If God shows no partiality, why should we? In discerning our baptismal call, do we pray or just act? We should not forget but to accept baptism of the Holy spirit as a purifying fire to melt ice jams on the rivers of justice,and to live our professional faith.

This is our salvation that once chilled our hearts, so we offer comfort to our brothers and sisters to renew the face of the earth. Once we receive peace from God, we will go and manifest that peace with humility to continue immersing ourselves in baptismal grace and don’t just proverbially wiggle our toes to test the water.

That when we let the Holy spirit descend in depth of our souls, to move us to action for justice in places and ways we could never envision and when we follow Jesus example and eagerly go about doing good in love, living temperately, justly and devoutly, we await the blessed hope our Savior Jesus Christ gives.

By Hayker – Liturgical Leader