Angelus
Baptism of the Lord
January 13, 2013
Blessed Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord! Last Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI baptized many
infants according to a long-standing tradition! At
noon, he prayed the Angelus with all pilgrims present at Saint Peter’s Square,
and gave his weekly reflection. Meditating particularly on Luke’s
Gospel, in which a voice came from heaven, saying, “Thou art my beloved Son;
with Thee I am well-pleased”, the Holy Father commented:
This Jesus is the
Son of God who is totally immersed in the will of the Father’s love. This Jesus
is the One who will die on the cross and rise again through the power of the
same Spirit who now descends upon him and consecrates him. This Jesus is the
new man who wills to live as the son of God, that is, in love; the man who in
the face of the evil of the world, by choosing the path of humility and
responsibility he chooses not to save himself but to offer his own life for
truth and justice. Being Christian means living like this, but this kind of
life involves a rebirth: to be reborn from on high, from God, from Grace. This
rebirth is the Baptism, which Christ gives to the Church in order to regenerate
men and women to new life.
Concluding,
the Holy Father reminded us and asked us all to remember and reflect upon our
own baptism, the “spiritual rebirth that opened the way to eternal life to us”.
“May every Christian, in this Year of Faith, rediscover the beauty of
being reborn from on high, from the love of God, and live as a child of God.”
After
the Angelus, the Holy Father reminded all that it was the World Day of Migrants
and Refugees. He sent all migrants and
refugees his greeting, with a special prayer and blessing.
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