January 12, 2025

Baptism of the Lord

by Fr. Jonah Teller, OP

Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

Fr. Jonah here, filling in while Fr. Boniface is away. Today we celebrate the feast of the baptism of the Lord. It’s a perfect time to pause and meditate on the tremendous gift of our own baptism.

What happened when we were baptized? St. Paul says this: “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:3-4). 

Your baptism is the root of your entire Christian life. By it you were united with the life of Jesus Christ himself. Praise God!

God bless you! 

Peace,
Fr. Jonah, OP