This Sunday, we got to hear about the only recorded time in
the Bible that all three persons of the Trinity are present, but also about
Jesus’ baptism. He didn’t need to be baptized, since He was born without
Original Sin and had never sinned Himself, yet He allowed Himself to be
baptized by John to show His humanity.
Jesus is fully God and fully Man. We often focus on Him as
solely God forgetting that He lived on this earth amongst us. He felt pain. He
felt joy and sadness. He laughed. He cried. His baptism is part of that
humanity. It is a part of Him that makes Him like us. We need the cleansing
waters of Baptism to wash away the stain of Original Sin, with which we have
all been born. In essence, He showed us what happens, since the Holy Spirit
descending upon Him in the same way we receive the Gifts of the Spirit.
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