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Friends of the Rosary,

Today, January 11, the faithful celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, which marks the end of the Christmas season on its eighteenth day.

The mystery of Christ’s baptism is linked to the Solemnities of the human birth of the Word incarnate at Christmas and the Epiphany of the Lord, as the Light of all nations, represented by the wise men from the East, who came to adore the Child.

The baptism of Jesus in the Jordan is Our Lord’s second manifestation, or Epiphany, as the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah to Israel.

In this mystery, the entire Trinity intervenes. It’s a Theophany in which God appears in three persons.

The Holy Spirit descends upon Him in the form of a dove, showing the Trinitarian nature of the Divinity.

Jesus is proclaimed the “Beloved Son” of the Father, signifying that at our Baptism we become the adopted sons of God.

The heavens are opened, as at our Baptism, heaven is open to us, and we are encouraged to pray to avoid actual sin.

Christ, sinless and impeccable, did not need to be baptized.

By His baptism in the Jordan, at the hand of John, the Son of God humbled Himself, identifying Himself with our dysfunctions, and taking the sins upon his shoulders and burying them in the waters of the Jordan.

Loving and understanding the sinner and dwelling with us, He started a new creation as the new Adam, who came to repair the first Adam’s guilt. He did this as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” as John the Baptist proclaimed.

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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