Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Reading I – Isaiah 40:1-5, Isaiah 40:9-11
Reading II – Titus 2:11-14; Titus 3:4-7
Gospel – Luke 3:15-16, Luke 3:21-22
Manifesting the Spirit -The Christmas season closes this Sunday with the Baptism of the Lord. This feast is a sister to last week’s Feast of the Epiphany. Each of them celebrates an “epiphany,” or a manifestation of the Spirit of God in Jesus – first in His birth, and now at His baptism.
The divine Spirit is manifested in all of the Scriptures for this feast. Psalm 104 highlights the Spirit of God creating and renew ing the earth, while the Reading from Isaiah describes God restoring Israel. In Luke’s account of the baptism of the Lord, the Holy Spirit descends upon Jesus. And the Letter from Titus reminds us that the Holy Spirit was “richly poured out” on us also, through the “bath of rebirth.” (Titus 3:5, 6) - © Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
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