Today
as I pray the Rosary
I’m particularly struck
by a Luminous mystery –
the baptism of Our Lord.

Here we find Jesus,
the son of God,
approaching John the Baptist
to ask for baptism.
Jesus, the son of God,
humbly bows his head
as John, the wild holy man
of the wilderness,
pours the waters of the Jordan
over him.

No pomp.
No ceremony.
No sense of status.
And absolutely no sense of
“Do you know who I am?”

Instead …
deep humility.

And as I ponder this mystery
I sense a challenge
to walk humbly with My God
in my life …
just as Jesus did.

© Claire Murray, 20th August 2021

(Matthew 3: 13-17 & Micah 6:8)