David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

According to Saint Paul, “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord year C ✠ A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 3:15-16,21-22 A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John ...

Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

By Dunford Cole The baptism of our Lord is one of the most profound events in the gospel narratives. The announcement of ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church ...

The fourth of these key truths revealed in Christ's baptism, Rives said, is "the fullness of the Godhead presented: The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove ...

Today, each of you parents and the Church herself give the greatest, greatest gift: the gift of faith to children,” Pope ...

The baptism of Christ is depicted in this painting, showing God the Father at the top, the Holy Spirit depicted by a dove, and Jesus Christ. "This declaration not only validates Jesus' identity ...