Well pleased! I don’t remember my baptism. Chances are, if you were baptized as an infant, you don’t remember your baptism either. But I know that I was baptized, and that my parents and God-parents made promises on my behalf. So did God! He promised to pour out His Holy Spirit upon me…to raise me in newness of life. And while I have often failed to keep and live up to the promises made on my behalf (which I reaffirmed when I was confirmed), God has remained faithful and true to his word (2 Timothy 2:13). My hope is that you have found this to be true in your own lives as well. This Sunday, we celebrate the baptism of our Lord. We will recount how Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit at his baptism in the river Jordan and God’s voice from heaven thundered: "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." (Luke 3:22) We will also renew our baptismal vows as we remind ourselves of the covenant that God has made with us in baptism…new birth by water and the Holy Spirit…forgiveness of sin…and eternal life by and trough the grace of God! Oh, and don’t be surprised if you hear God whisper in your ear: "You are my beloved child – with you I am well pleased." Blessings,
Matthew+ O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (BCP p. 214) | 
