{"id":2758,"date":"2013-11-13T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2016-10-10T19:32:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T02:32:53","slug":"a-strange-and-wonderful-thing-happened-to-me-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/a-strange-and-wonderful-thing-happened-to-me-today","title":{"rendered":"A Strange and Wonderful Thing Happened to Me Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

But first a little background:<\/p>\n

\"Baptism<\/p>\n

Back in September, I read about some homework that Pope Francis gave to his audience<\/a>: look up the date of your Baptism. He was making the connection that the Church is our mother: “The day of our Baptism is the day of our birth in Church, the day our Mother Church gives us birth, how beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I didn’t know the date of my own Baptism, so I made it a point to dig out my Baptismal certificate and look it up. Every time I remembered, though, I was either away from home or in a hurry to get something done, so during these past few months the “homework” has remained on my to-do list.<\/p>\n

Until today, that is.<\/p>\n

I woke up this morning and for some reason I remembered that I wanted to look up the date of my Baptism. I had some time before leaving for school, so I fished around inside the safe where we keep our important documents. When I finally found the certificate and looked at the date of my Baptism, I was shocked to discover that I was baptized on November 13.<\/p>\n

Today.<\/p>\n

So on this, the anniversary of my Baptism, I received a little reminder that the Holy Spirit is continually present in my life.<\/p>\n

How strange and wonderful.<\/p>\n