Tag: Baptism
Love, Suffering and the Transfiguration
The love with which God embraces each of us is one of the great truths revealed in to us throughout salvation history, but especially through and in Jesus Christ. To come to better understand this love, we are continually invited by God into a deeper communion of prayer with Him… to come to know Him [...]
Five Lessons we should learn from Christ’s time in the Wilderness
In the Gospel of Sunday of the First Week of Lent, we are given a lesson of what it takes for us to attain salvation through the saving work of Jesus Christ. “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to [...]
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
“Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: ‘Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into [...]
Jesus Sanctifies the Water of Baptism
At first glance, the scene makes little sense. John’s strident call to repentance provokes an overwhelming response. People of all shapes and sizes flock to him in the wilderness. They are baptized in the Jordan as a sign of repentance and cleansing. Suddenly, out of the crowd steps John’s cousin, Jesus. Wait a minute. What’s [...]
My Mother’s Gift to me of Our Blessed Mother
As this month of October, which each year is dedicated to the Holy Rosary, comes to an end, I recall from my earliest years, the memories of my mother’s prayers to Our Blessed Mother and her praise and thanksgiving offered to Jesus, her Lord… they still travel across the decades of time and touch my [...]
Daily Catholic Quote from St. Ignatius of Antioch
“You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God’s commandment. Let no one do anything touching the Church, apart from the bishop. Let that celebration of the Eucharist be considered valid which [...]
Daily Quote from St. Justin Martyr
“As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for the remission of their sins that are past, we praying and fasting with them. Then they are brought by us where [...]
Daily Catholic Quiz – Baptism
Question: What two oils are used when baptizing infants? Answer here or on Facebook. Also, you are encouraged to suggest future questions. Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends about this article using both the Share and the Recommend buttons below and [...]
Bearing Much Fruit
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Easter (Year B) – Acts 9:26-31; Psalms 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32; First John 3:18-24; John 15:1-8. This series appears each Wednesday. Doing more harm than good No one was more zealous than Saul. He burned with passion to promote the Law of [...]
A Catholic Responds – Five Common Protestant Objections to the Sacrament of Confession
In discussing the Catholic faith with non-Catholics, the doctrine concerning confessing one’s sins to a priest often arises. Indeed, in my experience, the Sacrament of Reconciliation ranks right up there with Marian Dogmas among the Church’s teachings that prompt the most questions from those inquiring about the Catholic Faith. The following objections to the doctrine [...]
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