While often on this particular Sunday we celebrate the baptism of Jesus, the act of baptism and the opening of the heavens that followed are tied to what happens earlier in chapter 3, where John is calling people to repentance.
While Jesus himself is not in need of repentance, John, the prophet and baptizer, is calling the crowds to come and truly repent. Not to just say that they are sorry for their sins and then keep of living the way they desire. No. John is exhorting, calling, encouraging the people to a different way.
The call of John didn't end in Luke 3. The Church still joins together throughout the ages calling for change. Calling for a turning from sinful ways. Calling to live into the newness of life. So the question stands before us today, how are we joining the cry of John? How are we living into the fruit worthy of repentance?
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