Whoever believes and is baptized
will be saved. Mark 16:16
1.
Doves are a symbol of peace & hope.
Doves are a common symbol in
religious and civil ceremonies. They are sometimes released at
weddings. Great flocks of them are released at the start of the
Olympics. The dove is a familiar symbol of peace. It makes one feel
peaceful to see a dove fly away free and hopeful for a good life
ahead.
2.
A dove showed Noah the flood was over.
When the rain had stopped
for a while, Noah sent out a dove from the ark and it returned with a
fresh olive branch, a sign that the newly cleaned dry land was
producing green, new life.
Noah’s flood reminds us of
baptism. See 1 Peter 3:20-21. Remind those in your family about this
connection.
3.
The Holy Spirit comes like a dove.
When Jesus was baptized,
the Holy Spirit came to Him in the form of a dove. In our baptisms we
have the promised Holy Spirit. Like a dove bringing feelings of peace
and hope, the Holy Spirit has blessings for us. You and your family
can review those blessings in the catechism’s explanation of the
3rd Article of the Creed:
I
believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus
Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by
the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in
the true faith.
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