Through the waters of baptism, we are reborn, and through the action of the Holy Spirit, God reaches each one of us in a unique way. God's spirit transforms us into the people God calls us to be when we open ourselves to his leading.

We accept the ongoing dynamic of dying and rising as the fundamental law of our existence in the journey. We do this ritually and symbolically, but we also do this literally in and through the continual choices and struggles that present themselves to us, personally and as a household of faith.

So this walk is a pilgrim's walk: One begun in faith in a loving God who will patiently wait for each of us to respond to his call because of his love. We thank God for the gift of this precious pilgrimage, and in this season of Spring which surrounds us. It reminds us of the newness of life in him who makes all things.

May Spring bring flowers and the blossoming of God's love in the places where we live and have our being.