“On coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him.” (Mk1:10)
Having celebrated Jesus’ birth, the Church moves to Christ’s baptism. We see Jesus born with love for man becoming human; he now submits himself to another, John: moving man toward His Father. He, who is without sin, is immersing himself into man’s sinfulness, and bringing man up to new life with the Father.
For Christ, his love for man and his desire for man to be united to the Father are never absent. He knows he will draw himself into death and will rise again to bring new life to man. He shares man’s lot and brings new meaning of life to man. Nothing is spared; all is given; love has no boundaries. He goes to extreme measures, giving His entire being to bring man above the waters to heaven, to unity with Love itself.
The heavens are opened to man. His baptism cleanses man from inglorious original sin. It is a new beginning, a new opportunity, a new sense of renewal, a new way for the Spirit to enter man’s heart: to begin man’s journey upward toward the Father.
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