What were you doing last year?

Last year at this time, I was remembering and mourning the loss of hundreds of thousands of voices as Tsunami rushed them to sea.  The imagery was apropos to the mystery of baptism.  

It is interesting to compare last year’s readings to this year’s.

Last year	This year
Isaiah spoke of the transcendence of the self-existent I AM	Genesis speaks of the creators power
Psalm 29 spoke of God’s voice over the waters	Psalm 29 takes on a creation tone when placed behind the Genesis reading.
In Acts peter witnesses the household of Cornelius being baptized in the spirit this time before being baptized in water.	Paul witnesses the Ephesians men baptized in the Spirit after being baptized in Jesus’ baptism.