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Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP: Exegesis of the Word: On Christ’s Baptism and Ours – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP: Exegesis of the Word: On Christ’s Baptism and Ours

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By Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, Catholic Exchange, Jan. 9, 2026

Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, recently coauthored the book How to Be His: A 33-Day Dedication to Our Eucharistic Jesus with Fr Jesse Maingot, OP, and coauthored a book on St. Elizabeth with Julie Enzler and Dr. Anthony Lilles, called Named for Glory: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s Identity and Mission, both of which are available through Sophia Press. Fr. Ignatius is a professor and the director of spiritual formation at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York, the provincial promoter of the Lay Dominicans, and the chaplain for Emmaus Journey. His YouTube channel, Dominican House of Prayer, may be located here.

Editor’s Note: This is the second article of a new CE series on “Exegesis of the Word” by Fr. Ignatius Schweitzer, breaking open each Sunday’s readings for 8 consecutive weeks. Tune in next Friday for the next article and catch up on last week’s here!

 

The Baptism of Jesus is like a hinge between the Nativity and Paschal Mystery. Every aspect of Jesus’ life involves the Triune God manifesting and saving. Jesus’ Nativity and His Passion, Death, and Resurrection are two key moments of this work of God manifesting Himself and saving us. The Baptism of the Lord, however, has a special place in bringing together so many key themes and rich dimensions of Jesus’ saving revelation and work.

The themes of creation and grace come together as God’s creation of water is taken up anew by Him in His plan of salvation. Jesus is dipped down into the water and rises up as a prefigurement of Him dipping down into death and rising up in the Resurrection, in the “baptism” he ardently desired to be accomplished in the Paschal Mystery (Lk. 12:50). Jesus’ saving life is also linked to us in our own Baptism into the waters that the Lord cleansed and sanctified to wash us anew in regeneration. ….

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