Gospel
Luke 3:15-16,21-22
'Someone is coming who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire'
A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John might be the Christ, so John declared before them all, ‘I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Now when all the people had been baptised and while Jesus after his own baptism was at prayer, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily shape, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’
Reflection
Today let us focus on baptism. John baptism was with water. He merely tells people that his baptism is a mark of repentance. Christ on the other hand baptise with the holy Spirit and fire. Christ baptism means we die with Christ and born again to see the kingdom of God.
Do you believe in new life with Christ?
Let us pray
Lord Jesus may your baptism of the holy spirit and fire give us the strength to do your will.
Amen
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