During the course of a day, take a moment to read the Bible passage with the short commentary and to reflect on the questions which follow.
Birth is the moment in which one's life appears as both gift and call.
I can be brought into the world only by the act of an other person, by someone who is expecting me. Yet human life is not this alone. If there is nothing to live for or if one is alone, a person will find neither the energy or motivation needed to set out into life, filled as it is with suffering. Coming up out of the dark waters, together with Christ, is to be liberated from the power of evil, fear and death, in order to take part here and now in his resurrection. This means to hear, in silence and peace, the call of Christ who tells us of God's plan and draws out of self-isolation.