Elsewhere in the Bible, the action of the Holy Spirit is described as fire. "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." [Luke 3:16] According to the Spanish mystic, St. John of the ...

People have said to me, “baptism is essential to salvation” others have said, “I do not believe baptism is essential to salvation.” There are many opinions on the subject of baptism but the important ...

Time has made it easier for Father Bob Poitras to forgive. In October 2024, his parish, St. Mary in Franklin, was severely ...

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 ...

As the United States faces moral and political turmoil, the Catholic Church’s response is increasingly scrutinized. Are its ...

Many expected Daniel Buren or Philippe Parreno, but 43-year-old Tabouret was chosen to create the cathedral's new stained ...

I was a 15year old on-fire-for-Jesus Christian who had a holy encounter ... “baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”. Baptism lies at the heart of what it means to ...

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might. This ...

I remember asking my Life Group last year, “How have you heard the Trinity ... in the Old Testament He appeared as the Father, in the Gospels He appeared as the Son, and from Pentecost onwards He ...

Common to all these variations in spiritual formation is the believer being conformed to Christ, a transformation enabled by ...