Baptism of the Lord

Image via WikipediaThis week, we celebrate the baptism of the Lord and the reading are as follows:
[Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7] [Acts 10:34-38] [Mark 1:7-11]

Last week, we celebrated the Epiphany Of The Lord where God reveals to us our saviour by a star. The 3 wise men followed the star and found our Lord.

This week, we celebrate the baptism of our Lord. The significance of this baptism scene is when the Holy Spirit comes down when Jesus came out of the water and a voice from heaven spoke: 'You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.'

At our own baptism, the Holy Spirits also come upon us and God too will treat us as His children, His beloved and His favour will rest on us too though we do not hear any voices then. If we believed that His favour rest on us too, we should strive to follow Jesus and be His true disciple which is to love God and to love our neighbour.

The baptism of the Lord reminds us that we are richly blessed in the Catholic Church by the Sacraments that the Catholic Church has instituted for God’s people.

These sacraments consecrate us in God’s grace and unite us with God.

We remember God’s steadfast love for His people and God’s covenant made with His people. Jesus is present in every of these Sacraments and he is given to us freely.

The baptism of the Lord showed us that Jesus was strengthened by God. We too can and need to be strengthened by God.

We need to overcome our human weaknesses by receiving the sacraments faithfully. That is the only way to keep the evil one at a distance. Like Jesus who is able to reject Satan and his temptations.

So, do you still want to reject the Sacraments?

Well, this officially put an end to our Christmas season and begin the new ordinary time. Hope that we all can reflect and make good use of the Sacraments that is given to us freely by God.

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