Epiphany | Baptism of the Lord (Year C)
Isaiah 43:1-7 (Psalm 29); Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
I eschew the danger of the river, but I know that it is where God leads me.
The dirty river in Jesus' neighborhood and the one in mine
Jesus descends into the baptismal waters as an opening act of messianic obedience. Obedience may not be the most glamorous of the Christian virtues, but it’s the one that I’d like to highlight in this Sunday’s account of Jesus’ baptism by John in the Jordan.