"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." (Luke 3:23)

Before Jesus was baptized by John, he lived a simple life as a carpenter.  He only became the object of ridicule by religious figures when He began his ministry and pointed out flaws of the time.

Our Father was pleased with Jesus because He had led a simple and righteous life in his past thirty years. 

Jesus had not accepted baptism from John because of His need to repent (He is the son of God) but because He recognized the importance of repentance.

Similarly, we cannot please Our Father through some extraordinary deeds but by living a simple and righteous life.  Jesus once said, “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.” (Luke 16:10) 

Therefore today, with help from the Word of God and the Eucharist, we can sustain our “perseverance” to living simply and follow joyfully the holy wishes of Our Father.