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

Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of ...

"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 ...

A. St. John the Baptist did not institute the Sacrament of Baptism, for Christ alone could institute a Sacrament. The baptism given by St. John had the effect of a Sacramental; that is ...

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus’s baptism happens just before he is driven into the desert to be tempted by Satan. That is quite a scene-change. At this point in the Gospel, Luke is working at speed: the ...

John the Baptist, a common Jewish ritual cleansing signifying a desire to convert, and the baptism instituted by Christ. “There is an abyss between John’s baptism and Christian baptism,” he ...

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 baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith on Jan.

That’s exactly what happened during a baptism service at Catalyst Church in Evansville, Indiana, when pastor David Whitmore ...

On the other side are those who reject the idea of infant baptism. They see baptism as a step that occurs after a person has made a conscious decision to follow Christ, where the baptism is an outward ...

The baptism of Jesus was a part of His fulfilling all the Mosaic laws. His parents had presented Him as an infant in the ...

The same will happen at the Baptism site; that is particularly symbolic. The Church is full of images that evoke Jesus Christ’s life and ministry and the core teachings of the Church.