Baptism Connects Us

 

The foot bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the knee bone. The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone. The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone. The hip bone's connected to the backbone. The backbone's connected to the neck bone. Doin' the skeleton dance.

        This song says all our bones are connected. It’s a reminder that not only are all of our bones connected, but we are all connected to one another. How are you and I connected? We are connected through Baptism. I mention this because St. Paul writes about the body of Christ, and how we are all parts of it through Baptism.

Did you know that you are connected to Christians living in Germany, Japan, Canada, Croatia, Mexico or Mali? We are connected to all of those people through Baptism. And because a pastor in a church in one of those countries read to the people in his church the same Gospel and readings you just heard; we should pray. … Heavenly Father, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named: Bless all children, and give their fathers and mothers the spirit of wisdom and love, so that the homes in which they grow up may be to them an image of Your Kingdom, and the care of their parents a likeness of Your love. We pray in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.