Pope: ‘May we be renewed in our baptism’

Appearing at his study window at midday Sunday, Pope Benedict greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered under drizzling rain in Saint Peter’s Square. In his remarks at the Angelus prayer, the Pope spoke of Sunday’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and invited Catholics to “contemplate our share in the divine life through the gift of the Holy Spirit in the waters of Baptism.”

The Holy Father was speaking to pilgrims after having celebrated the traditional feast day liturgy in the Sistine Chapel where he baptised twenty babies.
In his remarks to English speaking pilgrims, the Pope said “May we be renewed in our own Baptism and strengthened in witness to the Gospel and its promises!”