This is confirmation season. While some of our candidates receive this great sacrament in the fall or winter, the vast ...

For Jesus, the baptism was the mysterious start of his mission, an act in unity with fallen humanity but also the point at which the heavens opened, the Holy Spirit descended on him, and a voice ...

The narrative reveals the Trinity with Father, Son and Holy Spirit clearly and distinctly represented together at the event. The celebration of Jesus’ baptism is an opportune time to reflect on ...

You often hear that Jesus and the apostles ... but he says that the Holy Spirit hasn’t fallen on them yet. If we receive the Holy Spirit in baptism, how can we explain this?

"By virtue of the Holy Spirit, baptism immerses us in the death and resurrection of the Lord, drowning the old man -- dominated by the sin that divides us from God -- in the baptismal font and ...

I love the narrative of our Lord’s baptism. From John’s reaction to Jesus’ approach to the ... of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.” That indeed is something marvelous to ...