The Baptism of the Lord
Is 42:1-4 & 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Lk 3:15-16 & 21-22 (Year C)
"Now, while Jesus after his own baptism was at prayer, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily shape, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the beloved; my favour rests on you.’”
The baptism of Jesus was, in the deepest sense, a foreshadowing of our own baptism. John the Baptist, prior to the baptism of Jesus, had spoken of the one who was to come, someone who would baptise them with the Holy Spirit and fire. The meaning of this baptism was revealed as Jesus prayed following his own baptism in the Jordan.
