Drawn out of the water, one becomes a disciple. Drawn out of the water, one is saved alive. Moses was drawn out of the water. Indeed, that is what Moses means: “drawn out.” Doomed to death by hard-hearted Pharaoh’s decree of sex-selection infanticide, Moses acquired his name from the princess who rescued him from the river. Water kills, but to be drawn out of the water is salvation. The floodwaters drowned the people of the ancient world. But buoyed up on the ark of salvation was Noah and his family, eight souls in all. St. Peter likens Holy Baptism to this great event, saying that “Baptism now saves you.” This is why faithful parents bring their children to Baptism. For in these waters is…