Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...

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 ...

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

Jesus' baptism "is one of the most pivotal ... The Son is baptized in the Jordan River, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove and the Father's voice speaks from the heavens." This, he said, is ...

Jesus was a perfect and sinless man born of the Holy Spirit, so why did he ask John to baptize him? It turns out that this ...

As John the Baptist continued baptizing in the Jordan River for the forgiveness of sins, “the people were filled with ...

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 ...

Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America. He will stand on the western steps ...

CCC, 437). After his baptism and confirmation, Jesus was said to be “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 4:1). He is then tempted by the devil, again not unlike Adam in the Garden. After the ...