In the Reading for today, it tells about Jesus coming to a man named John the Baptist to be baptized. Then the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus like a dove and God spoke. "This is my son with whom I am well pleased."
[I have a small card showing Jesus in a ray of sunshine looking up at the break in the clouds.]
Look I have a picture.
God did this to show that a Baptism is a sacred event - that means something special happens when you are baptized.
[I drew a picture on paper with a house inside a heart.]
What do you see here?
"A house inside a heart."
You're correct. This is a home inside my heart. I've made a home for someone special.
How is a home different from just a house?
"A home is where you live, a place of your own. A house is just a building."
Would you say a home is the special place where you live and call it your own every day?
"Yes."
So if you make a home in your heart, it's a special place for someone every day to be in your heart. When you are baptized, the Holy Spirit - enters your heart and this is means that Jesus is always with you inside your heart.
So you must be wondering what does that mean?
Here's some pictures on these stickers of things that you can do all the while that Jesus is in your heart...
Which of these things do you like to do? (swimming, roller skating, skiiing, tennis, painting, taking snapshots, reading a book.)
Being baptized means that no matter what you are doing, Jesus lives in your heart. When you make a home in your heart for Jesus, you are receiving God's gift every day.
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