"God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went along doing good and healing all who were in the power of the devil, for God was with Him." Acts 10:38
An anointing means an intimate union or covenant between God and one of His servants. God the Father speaks at this moment, to make clear who this Person is, His Divine Son, begotten from all eternity.
Through His Baptism, Jesus, the Lamb of God, who was without sin, took on Himself the sins of the world. He descended into the purifying waters and made the water holy to make us children of God and to take away our sins. His Baptism was to redeem us. Jesus went out to be baptized by John the Baptist, not for repentance, but to show us way to approach the Heavenly Father. The mystery of His Baptism is mercy.
John the Baptist recognized Jesus as the Lamb of God. He knew his mission to proclaim the coming of the Lord had ended:
Let us make it our mission to be messengers of JOY in the Lord and to humbly bring others to Him as John the Baptist did: Jesus must increase; we must decrease.
After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are My Beloved Son; with You I am well pleased." Luke 3:21-22
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Baptism seals the Christian with an indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. CCC 1272 Baptism indeed is the seal of eternal life. CCC 1274
In the Baptism of Jesus, we see the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity. May the Father, Son and Holy Spirit with Our Blessed Mother Mary, heal and protect all those we pray for through this prayer ministry.
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