In our community we have experienced in a real way the Holy Spirit as he descended upon Baby Georgina during her baptism this past week.
This last Wednesday between Pentecost Sunday and Trinity Sunday our small community here were blessed to have the opportunity to celebrate mass. And sweet baby Georgina who is only three months old was able to receive her sacrament of Baptism. A miracle in itself due to the fact that her 15 year old mother was desiring an abortion just three months ago.
So, baby Georgina’s baptism day was something to celebrate as her little soul would receive the Holy Spirit and she would become the youngest member of our little community here in Santa Clara.
But what was not really expected was the visible outpouring of the Holy Spirit that our community experienced during her baptism. Do not misunderstand, we did not see a dove come from above and descend upon sweet baby Georgina as in the case of Jesus’s baptism (Mt 3:16), nor was it the same experience that the disciples had when Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit upon them (Jn 20), nor did we see tongues like flames of fire as the disciples saw. (Acts 2:3)
Instead, while I held baby Georgina while Father Gilber poured water over her head and anointed her with the Chrism oil, baby Georgina did not cry, she miraculously begins to smile, and she held this smile during the entire baptism ceremony.
The effects of seeing the Holy Spirit descend on this sweet baby made tears swell up in all of us, Father had to take a minute to compose himself so that he could finish pronouncing the Baptism Rite as he was obviously moved by the presence of the Holy Spirit just as much as her young mother Tonya and I were. It was as if Georgina was truly aware she was a child of God and she was touched by him in this moment. Her smile was present due to the fact she knew that he was pleased with her and delighted over her as his creation.
If you have been following our journey with Tonya you may remember that from the moment, I was informed that she was pregnant, I knew we as a community needed to support Tonya and her baby. My desire was to bring the truth to our community that this child was a gift from God and not a mistake. My desire was that our community would not join in on the gossip surrounding the pregnancy but rather that we together would focus on celebrating and welcoming the gift of a new life within our community. I fully believe that what we experienced as a community this week was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in order to make known the love of God who is hidden from us, so that all the hearts in our little town can experience his love, and he has done that through a small unwanted infant named Georgina and a sweet brave teenage mother named Tonya!
Thank you for everyone who makes such great sacrifices in their lives so that Gabriel and I can live in solidarity with the poor. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to journey with and to love those who have not yet experienced true love!
May we all learn to love like Jesus!
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