In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
“God's own child, I gladly say it, I am baptized into Christ!”
(LSB 594.1) Thus we sing out the glad news that each of us is a child
of God. And what wonderful news that is! God has chosen you as His
own, and has made you His beloved child.
You were conceived and born in sin, a product of the sinful will of
flesh and blood. You were born as spiritual orphans, adrift in the
great tide of darkness and death that washes over this world. No one
was your father, no one was your provider or your protector. No one
was there to hear your cries for help.
