In the Season of Epiphany, we recall that Jesus – although he was without sin – chose to be baptized by St. John. Being baptized as one of us, Jesus demonstrated that he – the Son of God – completely took on our human nature and identified with our need for restoration to God.
In his baptism, Jesus also gave to us, from his divinity, the power to be born anew of the Holy Spirit. In his baptism, Jesus was called by his Father in Heaven “my Son, the Beloved.” In our baptism, through Jesus, our Father in Heaven names each of us His beloved sons and daughters and calls us to live out God’s power to love.
In this Season of Epiphany – this season of the signs that Jesus is our Savior – we recognize that God is still revealing Jesus to us in our lives. As this happens, we recall again that Jesus’ identity as the Son of God is the source of our identity as God’s children, adopted through Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
On Sundays, we gather together for God:
- to open our hearts and our minds to see and hear Jesus – to whom we have been united in Holy Baptism - in the Word Spoken;
- to make Jesus known to us in Holy Communion – the Word Broken to feed our new lives; and
- to send us forth into the world to make known, in our daily words and deeds, God’s love in Jesus.
Please join us on our Epiphany journey -
re-discovering Jesus and our true identity !
