Jesus' baptism reminds us that he was one of us. He revealed that we humans must allow ourselves to be fragile, seeking and ...
Jesus is a faithful Son of Israel. If his people are summoned, then so is he. What will become a basic pattern of our ...
This Sunday's lectionary reading in Year A is the baptism of Jesus from Matt 3.13–17. It is a short and compact reading, and ...
As we celebrate the feast of the baptism of Our Lord Jesus today, let us reflect on the significance of baptism.
Today’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, is both an end and a beginning. Liturgically, it marks the end of Christmastide; ...
Our liturgies carry us to Christ; our worship becomes an encounter. What we adore is revealed in sacrament, revealing our ...
Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. News Flash: The first 56 volumes are compiled into a book titled “Bible Study For Those Who Don’t Read The Bible.” ...
To many Christians the baptism of Jesus seems almost as much of an enigma as it did to the Baptist. It serves as a precedent for our own baptism. It also forms an introduction to Christ’s ministry.
After marking Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Leo XIV prayed the Angelus and expressed concern for renewed ...
Continuing a tradition begun in 1981 by Pope John Paul II, Pope Leo presided over the baptism of 20 children of Vatican ...