In this reflection for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Javier Plumey takes a look at the incredible event of the Baptism of the Lord, and reminds us that just as the baptism of Jesus introduced to the world Jesus as the son of God, so too does our own baptism announce to the world, physical and spiritual, that we are children of the Father.

From St. Gregory:

“Illumination [baptism] is the splendour of souls, the conversion of the life, the question put to the Godward conscience. It is the aid to our weakness, the renunciation of the flesh, the following of the Spirit, the fellowship of the Word, the improvement of the creature, the overwhelming of sin, the participation of light, the dissolution of darkness. It is the carriage to God, the dying with Christ, the perfecting of the mind, the bulwark of Faith, the key of the Kingdom of heaven, the change of life, the removal of slavery, the loosing of chains, the remodelling of the whole man. Why should I go into further detail? Illumination is the greatest and most magnificent of the Gifts of God. For just as we speak of the Holy of Holies, and the Song of Songs, as more comprehensive and more excellent than others, so is this called Illumination, as being more holy than any other illumination which we possess.”

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