You are my Son the Beloved.
The Holy Spirit of God came down upon Jesus,
the beloved Son of God at his baptism in the Jordan.
The Holy Spirit comes down on each of us and helps us
to live our Christian lives
so that we are faithful to our Baptism.
The ecclesial community, while always having a universal dimension, finds its most immediate and visible expression in the parish. It is there that the Church is seen locally. In a certain sense it is...
"... the Church living in the midst of the homes of her sons and daughters..."