7 1216 "This bath is called enlightenment , because those who receive this [catechetical] instruction are enlightened in their understanding . . . ." 8 Having received in Baptism the Word ...

but then the baptism must be given conditionally; that is, before pronouncing the words of baptism, you must say: "If I can baptize thee in this way, I baptize thee in the name of the Father," etc.

His mission was not selfish, it was Scriptural. Our missions are going nowhere because they are about us; they are selfish.

Bear Grylls has explained why he attended Russell Brand ‘s baptism after a documentary exposed allegations of sexual assault ...

Jesus’ baptism, in other words, presaged the act of costly but life-giving solidarity by which the long-awaited Messiah would liberate us, not by the sword, as expected, but by the Cross.

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

How did your community come to be chosen to run the Church of Baptism in Bethany Beyond the Jordan? In 2008, before the project officially started, the patriarch of the time, His Beatitude Fouad ...

When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...

As a member of the local ministerial group, I volunteered to write the reflections for the month of February. It’s my favorite month of the year. My husband and I will celebrate our 56th wedding ...

At the end of his Jan. 29 catechesis on the theme of 'Jesus Christ Our Hope,' the Pope said all Christians are called to ...

He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. (Luke 5:15) ...

Baptism is a New Testament event, and it is one of the sacraments that Christ established ... “They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.’ Then they spoke ...