1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

Then answered Peter, [47] Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptised, which have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?” They were baptised with the Holy Spirit and fire but ...

They were baptised with the Holy Spirit and fire but Peter went ahead to baptise them with water. Heaven had put a seal, but Peter ignored it.

Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ, who is given to us as the supreme divine blessing, who called himself the living water, and who, with water, established Baptism for our sake as the ...

Concerns about DEI are nothing new. Recently, I went looking for signs of such in the New Testament and found the book of ...

Concerning baptism, baptize in this way: after speaking all these words, baptize into the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in living water. If you do not have living water, baptize in ...

“This sacrament is also called ‘the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,’ for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one ...

Like improvising musicians, the Holy Spirit is the energy that makes the transcendent connection and divine co-creation necessary for beautiful music, says Fr. Daniel Horan.

Baptism, administered with water and the words "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," erases this sin and allows the person to begin a new life in God's grace.