[ Today's Readings ]
We see the Spirit come down on the one who is the Son of God.
I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven
and remain upon him.
Even John the Baptist doesn't fully recognize Jesus at first. But as he is revealed more and more John finds the one for whom he waits. Jesus is truly a light to the nations that all might see God's glory. John himself is not the light but testifies to it so that we might believe it ourselves. John points us to Jesus. He wants us to encounter the light of the world individually and personally.
Paul encounters that blinding light himself on the road to Damascus. Just as Paul is called to follow Jesus by the will of God so too are we. Let us look at that blazing light of truth, beauty, and goodness in a dark an ugly world. Let us look upon Jesus, the one upon whom the Spirit rests. In him we find the fullness of the Godhead dwelling in bodily form. He calls us to be holy.
to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
He calls us to holiness so that we can be lights of the world who allow his light to shine within us. He calls us to sanctity so that we too can reveal the glory of the LORD when we rely on him to be our strength. The world is meant to see this light shining in us. They are meant to wonder what we have and to desire it for themselves. It is meant for them no less than for us. Jesus calls us all to accept the Spirit so that we too can be children of God, united in one faith and one Spirit.
Let us behold the light and the Spirit and then follow the call of Jesus.
Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
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