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"But in all things commending ourselves as ministers of God, in
much patience, in hard circumstances, in needs, in distresses, in plagues, in
imprisonments, in insurrections, in work, in sleeplessness, in fastings, in
purity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in
genuine love, in the Word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of
righteousness of the right hand and the left, through honor and dishonor,
through slander and good reputation, as deceitful and true, as being ignorant
and being known, as dead and behold we live, as instructed and not put to death,
as sorrowful and always rejoicing, as poor and making many rich, as having
nothing and also possessing everything." (2 Corinthians 6:1-10)
In times requiring patience, you are baptized. In great suffering, you are
baptized. In hard work, you are baptized. In dire need, you are baptized. In
distresses, plagues, when they throw you in prison, you are baptized. When they
revolt against you, in work, when you can't sleep, then you are baptized,
baptized, and baptized. When you don't have enough to eat, when you hear the
Gospel in its purity, when the kindness of God is obvious even to you and me:
baptized, baptized, baptized, and baptized.
All of that becomes ours in Holy Baptism! Jesus delivers Himself to us in the
waters of our Baptism. He delivers everything to us through His ministers. We,
who are dead, are, behold, made alive! We, who are sorrowful over our sins,
rejoice! We, who are poor, are rich in the Spirit. We, who have nothing, possess
everything! At the font, it is given to us because, there, Christ is delivered
to us.