Sacred Mysteries: The dove descends at the ‘christening of Christ’
Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...
Baptism of the Lord reveals 4 'key truths' of Jesus' identity and mission
David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...
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Jesus Gives Us the Glorious Gift of Baptism
2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...
The Tablet7d
In the Waters of Grace: The Significance of Baptism
I can never forget the first baptism I celebrated. I was a transitional deacon assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of ...
thenews-chronicle3d
Sunday Reflections: Allow Your Baptism to be Active
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 ...
Asia News3d
Pope at Angelus: ‘Celebrate your Baptism like a new birthday’.
From the window of the Apostolic Palace Bergoglio invited us to think about the date of the first sacrament: ‘If you do not ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
Sacred Mysteries: The dove descends at the ‘christening of Christ’
Anyway, I came across some remarks by Andrewes on the dove of the Holy Spirit (whom he calls the Holy Ghost, as we all did until a few years ago). The context was the Baptism of Jesus, which did ...