As they traveled along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized?" Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and he baptized him. (Acts 8:26-40)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042723.cfm
The story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch is probably one of the most important in the life of the early church. When the eunuch asks, “What is to prevent my being baptized?”, the answer of course is the Law of God, in which men like him were considered an abomination. Yet, it is the Spirit at work in Philip and in the eunuch, and so Philip baptizes him and the eunuch “continued on his way rejoicing.”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Thursday, Week III, Easter
