We need to immerse ourselves

[Baptism of the Lord, Year B, January 11, 2015 / Isa 42:1-4, 6-7, Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10, Acts 10:34-38, Mark 1:7-11]

TODAY the Universal Church celebrates the Baptism of the Lord, when John baptized Jesus in the river Jordan. Baptism is a sacrament, a mystery. What does it mean that Jesus was baptized? In being baptized Jesus enters fully into the human condition. Entering the water he shows us his desire to enter into our human situation, to dive in.