"As they traveled along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized?” Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and he baptized him."
The Easter season is a time when we remember Baptism, especially our own, but because most of us were baptized as infants, we don't remember it. Sometimes it might help to reflect and meditate on photos of our baptism, but even better we might read the ritual of baptism, stopping regularly and picturing what it was like to have a priest or deacon sign us the sign of the cross and invite our parents and Godparents to do the same.
This simple gesture, often called the laying on of hands, symbolizes the handing over to each person being baptized the entirety of faith. More important, as each infant grows into a child and then an adult, it is the task of the community of faith to remind each of us of this great gift. Baptism reminds us that we are never alone, we are surrounded and strengthened by every person, living and dead, who has ever professed the name of Jesus.
Today, take some time to remember and be grateful for your baptism.
Who has helped you remember the great gifts of baptism?
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