Baptism, why? (VIII) Baptism...amazing Love
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This is our baptism. To die to our old self together with Jesus, and to rise again to live in a new Life in Jesus. In the words of St.Paul, "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:4
Through Baptism, we might walk in newness of Life. What kind of life is it? It's the Life in union with God. It's the union with God's own Life. It's the life in a communion of Love with Love itself. And this is the purpose of what we have been created for. To be with God, To love God as God loves us. To be in union with God. Through Baptism, which dying to our self and being born in God, We obtain our heart's most desire.....union with God.
This dying and rising again is our baptism. This is what everyone of us have to undergo if we want to be in union with God. "We must be born a new". What is the fruit of this dying and rising? We become in union with God. What is the most perfect union that we may have? A family! We become God's own family. We are God's children, part of God's household, a real sharer of Divine Life.
Let us pause for a moment to think about this reality. I called this reality because most of us would feel nothing about it or amaze about it. But reality does not require whether we believe it or not. Reality happens already either we believe it or even if we do not. Our believe and feeling does not form reality.
Let us reflect the wonders of being God's own children. Let's think what does it mean when God shares His life to us.
I love to imagine things when I reflect. And I would like to ask you to imagine together with me as we reflect this reality.
Imagine that you are a poor man or woman, have nothing but your own body. And suddenly one day, a good old man see you and decided to take you as his own children. What would you feel? It's great. The old man decided to share everything that he has to you, even his love. What a great feeling to be loved.
Now imagine that the old man who adopt you is not just and ordinary man. He is a King of a mighty country. And Now, you are the children of the King. You, from a poor man or woman, now become the King's own children. And amazingly the King give anything for you, the King love you very much that He shares His very own Love and feeling with you, the poor.
And Hey, Imagine if the old man is the master and King of the world, he has everything in the world, and everything in the world belongs to him. And now you become His children, a poor man or woman, now sharing life with the master of the world.
Now stop for a while, and try to imagine the universe in your mind, how big is the universe with the stars and the galaxy. and This King of the Universe look at you and say, "From now on you are my children".
How amazing it is. And God is not just the King of the Universe, He is the Creator of the Universe, if you can imagine universe with its boundaries, then God is even greater than those.
As I think about this, I started to reflect on this wonders on the other way around. What is other way ?
Imagine now that you are the old man. And you see a poor kid. And then you decided to take him as your own children. You give everything for this kid. You love him and you care for him.
And now, you see a dog on the street. And you look at this dog, and you said to this dog, "I want to take you as my own, my own children". What a strange thing this is. A man want to be in common-union with a Dog. And you Loved this Dog, and You share everything with this dog as your own children. Can you imagine this is you?
And let us go even further. Imagine that you see a mosquito. And you said to yourself, "I love this mosquito and I want to share my life with you." then you give everything to this mosquito. You called this mosquito your beloved son. And you shared your life to this mosquito.
Wow, and not just sharing your life, you decided to be a mosquito simply because you want this mosquito to be in union with you. You became a mosquito so that this mosquito may be come like you and share your own love and life.
Did I go to the extreme? It is not that I want to degrade the dignity of human being, No. I simply want to exalt the greatness of God. God has created us worthy and precious.
If you can imagine yourself and mosquito then try to fit in the size of the universe and its boundaries into your head. If you can not, then realize one thing. What God is doing to us can not be comparable to what you would do to this mosquito, for God is even greater than the universe. God is much much much greater and holy than we, his creation.
How amazing is this Love, a God, the Creator of all things decided to look at us, a creation. And this is the reality. Through baptism, we have become God's own and God shares His Love and His life to us.
Next: The mystery of the Body
----------to be continued
This is our baptism. To die to our old self together with Jesus, and to rise again to live in a new Life in Jesus. In the words of St.Paul, "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:4
Through Baptism, we might walk in newness of Life. What kind of life is it? It's the Life in union with God. It's the union with God's own Life. It's the life in a communion of Love with Love itself. And this is the purpose of what we have been created for. To be with God, To love God as God loves us. To be in union with God. Through Baptism, which dying to our self and being born in God, We obtain our heart's most desire.....union with God.
This dying and rising again is our baptism. This is what everyone of us have to undergo if we want to be in union with God. "We must be born a new". What is the fruit of this dying and rising? We become in union with God. What is the most perfect union that we may have? A family! We become God's own family. We are God's children, part of God's household, a real sharer of Divine Life.
Let us pause for a moment to think about this reality. I called this reality because most of us would feel nothing about it or amaze about it. But reality does not require whether we believe it or not. Reality happens already either we believe it or even if we do not. Our believe and feeling does not form reality.
Let us reflect the wonders of being God's own children. Let's think what does it mean when God shares His life to us.
I love to imagine things when I reflect. And I would like to ask you to imagine together with me as we reflect this reality.
Imagine that you are a poor man or woman, have nothing but your own body. And suddenly one day, a good old man see you and decided to take you as his own children. What would you feel? It's great. The old man decided to share everything that he has to you, even his love. What a great feeling to be loved.
Now imagine that the old man who adopt you is not just and ordinary man. He is a King of a mighty country. And Now, you are the children of the King. You, from a poor man or woman, now become the King's own children. And amazingly the King give anything for you, the King love you very much that He shares His very own Love and feeling with you, the poor.
And Hey, Imagine if the old man is the master and King of the world, he has everything in the world, and everything in the world belongs to him. And now you become His children, a poor man or woman, now sharing life with the master of the world.
Now stop for a while, and try to imagine the universe in your mind, how big is the universe with the stars and the galaxy. and This King of the Universe look at you and say, "From now on you are my children".
How amazing it is. And God is not just the King of the Universe, He is the Creator of the Universe, if you can imagine universe with its boundaries, then God is even greater than those.
As I think about this, I started to reflect on this wonders on the other way around. What is other way ?
Imagine now that you are the old man. And you see a poor kid. And then you decided to take him as your own children. You give everything for this kid. You love him and you care for him.
And now, you see a dog on the street. And you look at this dog, and you said to this dog, "I want to take you as my own, my own children". What a strange thing this is. A man want to be in common-union with a Dog. And you Loved this Dog, and You share everything with this dog as your own children. Can you imagine this is you?
And let us go even further. Imagine that you see a mosquito. And you said to yourself, "I love this mosquito and I want to share my life with you." then you give everything to this mosquito. You called this mosquito your beloved son. And you shared your life to this mosquito.
Wow, and not just sharing your life, you decided to be a mosquito simply because you want this mosquito to be in union with you. You became a mosquito so that this mosquito may be come like you and share your own love and life.
Did I go to the extreme? It is not that I want to degrade the dignity of human being, No. I simply want to exalt the greatness of God. God has created us worthy and precious.
If you can imagine yourself and mosquito then try to fit in the size of the universe and its boundaries into your head. If you can not, then realize one thing. What God is doing to us can not be comparable to what you would do to this mosquito, for God is even greater than the universe. God is much much much greater and holy than we, his creation.
How amazing is this Love, a God, the Creator of all things decided to look at us, a creation. And this is the reality. Through baptism, we have become God's own and God shares His Love and His life to us.
Next: The mystery of the Body
----------to be continued
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