This weekend, the Church begins to move out of the Christmas season. Pointing us to the baptism of the Lord Jesus, we now head back into Ordinary Time and its emphasis on discipleship. The location of ...
Just as Jesus’ baptism launched his public ministry, our own baptisms ordinate us to a life of humble obedience and costly service. All four Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ baptism, as if every ...
When is a baptism not a baptism? When the cleric presiding at the ceremony alters the ritual language in such a fundamental way that it undercuts its meaning, according to the Vatican. Recommended ...
St. Francis Xavier, who lived 1506-1552, is represented in a stained glass window. Credit: CNS photo/Crosiers In 1552 in Yamaguchi, Japan, a group of recent Christian converts confronted St. Francis ...
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