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  Living out our Baptismal Promises...  Beloved in Christ, Today, as we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, the readings provided by the church from Isaiah 55:1-1,  1 John 5:1-9, and the Gospel of Mark 1:7-11, invite us to contemplate the profound significance of baptism in our lives and in our faith journey. Isaiah beckons us with these words: "Come to the water all you who are thirsty." This invitation is not merely about physical thirst, but it speaks to the deeper longing within our hearts. We all thirst for meaning, for love, for fulfillment, for eternal life – and it is in God through Christ that we find the living water that quenches our soul's deepest desires. The living water which is God’s Spirit is freely given to us, a precious gift from God. It is through this Spirit that God’s love is generously poured into our hearts, a love that regenerates and purifies us. Without this living water, we cannot truly love God or keep His commandments. It truly sati...
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