The feast of our Lord's baptism concludes the official liturgical Christmas season. Furthermore, Jesus' baptism has always been associated with the Epiphany to the Magi. Why is this event (from 30 years later in our Lord's life) connected so closely to Christmas?
We give a few of the many reasons: Jesus' baptism is a second Epiphany and actually happened on the same day (January 6th) thirty years later; Jesus was born at Christmas so that we might be reborn in baptism; and our baptism unites us to the Lord in such a way that the mysteries of his life are lived within us each year.
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