“As soon as Jesus was baptized he came up from the water suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him and the Father’s voice was heard giving his approval: ‘This is my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” It was in the presence of the Father and the Holy Spirit that Jesus received his call to mission. John the Baptist had been preaching to his followers: I will baptize (plunge) you in water… he will plunge you in the Holy Spirit (into the life of the Trinity). We began the New Year with the celebration of the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus. If I go with others I go father.”įor the New Year I hope to go a little farther so here is a reflection on a key moment in the life of Jesus – his call to mission within the Trinity. Kathleen CoyleĪn African saying is my reminder: “If I go alone I go faster. Columbans in Mission – the Mission of the Trinity by.
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