A Word on Silence

“Words are instruments of this world, but silence is a mystery of the age to come.” – St. Issac of Syria 

Today my loves I want to spend some time speaking about silence and how we can best apply the discipline of silence within our lives as Christians. We live in a world today that often demands our attention and voice. This world not only demands us to step outside of silence internal and external but has now provided avenues such as Social Media and Forums that tempt us to share what many call a personal truth.

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Reflection: Why was Jesus Baptized? The Feast of Epiphany & Biblical Catechesis

My brothers and sisters, today I wanted to share some catechesis for the Holy Feast of Epiphany:

As we know, we celebrate the baptism of Jesus within the Jordan river. But why? Is not baptism used for the remission of sin? Was Jesus not sinless? Below I will answer the reasons why our Lord was baptized.

1. Christ was baptized to fulfill the Old Testament story of Exodus. How so? Because: Just as God called the Israelites out of the land Egypt through water (Exodus 12) to which they later passed through the Jordan to enter the promised land (Book of Numbers), so has Christ been called out of Egypt (Matt 2:15), to also later pass through the Jordan through His baptism to show that He is the fulfillment of Israel. Thus His words to John: “It is fitting to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matt 3:15).

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