Today we gather to celebrate James Michael Brockman\u2019s\nBaptism. And Baptism is a rite of\npassage, one in which a person is reborn by water and the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of us are first born into life in this world. And we would just belong to this world\nunless we somehow long for something more than that. That something more is everlasting life with\nour creator. But just how do we achieve\nthat- everlasting life with our creator? \nWell, it requires a rite of passage. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our Gospel, Nicodemus was confused by Jesus\u2019 comments\nthat one needed to be reborn of water and the spirit in order to enter the\nKingdom of God. Well, that is what\nBaptism does for the person. Baptism is\nthe rite of passage that opens up the way to everlasting life. When a person is Baptized, they are reborn\nby water and the spirit. The water\nwashes away their sin; even if it is just the human tendency to sin by our\nimperfect nature. We call that Original\nSin. And then they are reborn in\nSpirit, by receiving God\u2019s spirit. God\u2019s\nSpirit changes everything because it inspires a person to align themselves with\nGod\u2019s will for them. That\u2019s really the\nsecret- aligning our lives to God\u2019s will for us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Michael is too young for a conscious decision to do\nGod\u2019s will. But his parents and\nGodparents are here to make that decision for him by proxy, and then by living\na life that gives James a good example. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later on, James will be confirmed in his faith as a\nteenager. That is when he will confirm\nhis acceptance of the faith his parents chose for him today. And so, the Church welcomes James today, a\nnew soldier for Christ. Rejoice,\nbecause James is an heir to everlasting life in the Kingdom of God <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baptism Homily for James Brockman Ezekiel 36: 24-28; John 3: 1-6 Dc. Larry Brockman Today we gather to celebrate James Michael Brockman\u2019s Baptism. And Baptism is a rite of passage, one in which a person is reborn by water and the Holy Spirit. All of us are first born into life in this world. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[558],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaconlarry.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}