![]() He said to them, “Now draw some out, and take it to the steward of the feast.” So they took it. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. His Mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” When the wine failed, the Mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “O woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” On the third day, there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the Mother of Jesus was there Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. I pray that each day I recall my baptism of repentance- my beginning that I am filled with the Holy Spirit and renewed in my faith in God. In our baptism, God reveals Himself to us and personally invites us to follow Him.ĭo I accept the invitation of God to follow Him, which begins at my baptism and continues each day of my life? Do I renew my baptism each day by repenting my sins, rejecting sin, and following Jesus? Our baptism is our initiation into our faith-the beginning. He is showing us how much He loves us by coming personally into our lives. When He reveals Himself to us, He gives us the basis of our faith and the hope of our own salvation. It is a personal invitation to all of us. In His own baptism, Jesus is calling us to follow Him. As He rises from the water, John proclaims, “Behold the Lamb of God,” the skies are opened, the voice of God is heard saying, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased,” and the Holy Spirit in the form of a white dove descends upon Jesus. Then He reveals Himself and the Holy Trinity to us. Jesus shows us we must humbly receive a baptism of repentance in order to follow Him. ![]() When Jesus comes to be baptized, John tries to stop Him, saying, “It is I who should be baptized by you,” but Jesus tells him it must be so to fulfill the Scriptures. ![]() John prophesies about one greater than he that is to follow him. Jesus goes to John to receive a baptism of repentance. And true to His way, Jesus shows us what we must do to follow Him home to God the Father. ![]() In the Luminous Mysteries, Christ reveals Himself to us in many ways. The baptism of Jesus marks the beginning of His public life. And when Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on Him and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” John would have prevented Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. ![]()
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