Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Feast) HD

FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Jesus, who was without sin, accepted to be numbered among sinners. AV summary & text. After commemorating the Birth of Our Lord during Christmas and His manifestation as Savior Messiah and Light to the world during the feast of Epiphany, Christmas seas on draws to its close with the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In its liturgy, the Church remembers another solemn manifestation of Christ’s divinity. In the adoration of the Magi God revealed the divinity of Jesus by means of the star. At his Baptism the voice of God the Father, coming “from heaven”, reveals to John the Baptist and to the Jewish people — and thereby to all men — this profound mystery of Christ’s divinity. “What happens in the moment that Jesus has himself baptized by John? With this act of humble love on the part of the Son of God the heavens open and the Holy Spirit is visibly manifest as a dove, while a voice from on high expresses the Father’s pleasure, who points to his only begotten Son, the Beloved. This is an authentic manifestation of the Most Holy Trinity, which witnesses to Jesus’ divinity, his being the promised Messiah, he whom God sent to free his people so that they might be saved (cf. Isaiah 40:2).” -Benedict XVI, Homily on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, January 12, 2013- The question arises: HOW COME JESUS, BEING THE SON OF GOD, ALLOWED HIMSELF TO RECEIVE FROM JOHN THE “BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS” (Luke 3:3)? “To inaugurate his public life and to anticipate the “Baptism” of his death, he who was without sin accepted to be numbered among sinners. He was “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). The Father proclaimed him to be “his beloved Son” (Matthew 3:17) and the Spirit descended upon him. The baptism of Jesus is a prefiguring of our baptism (Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 105).” Continue reading in http://wp.me/p6k7Mv-1SK . AUDIO CREDIT: Ily Mateo Manzano (comp.), “Doxologie” by the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers, with permission from Mark Anthony Carpio, conductor. Thanks, Mark! PHOTO SOURCE: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d0/47/95/d047950054751f040aec56aee47b950f.jpg; http://imageweb-cdn.magnoliasoft.net/leedsartgallery/supersize/lmg128876.jpg; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Saint_Leo_Catholic_Church_(Columbus,_Ohio)_-_stained_glass,_loft,_Baptism_of_the_Lord,_detail.jpg,; https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Guido_Reni_-_The_Baptism_of_Christ_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg