Water, blood and the Spirit
Friday, after Christmas Octave
1 Jn 5:5-13; Mk 1:6-11
Though today is the Epiphany of the Lord, the Church invites us to celebrate it coming Sunday. And today we have the Word speaking to us of our relatedness in the Lord.
We have three veins of faith that connect us to the Father through Jesus and they are, water, blood and the Spirit. The waters of baptism that gives us new life in Christ, the Blood of Christ that bring eternal life in Christ and the Spirit who makes it possible for us to receive these gifts from the Lord - these are the guarantees of our relationship with Christ. Water stands for purity, blood stands for vitality and the Spirit stands for our relatedness in the Father through the Son. Water makes us children of God, Blood makes us witnesses of Christ and the Spirit makes us heirs to the Father.
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