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  • Today’s feast poses choice: Will we accept the summons of our baptism?

    Today’s feast poses choice: Will we accept the summons of our baptism?

    • Jan 12, 2020

    In our baptism, in spite of whomever we might be in this world, we become a member of the Body of Christ.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Pope baptizes babies, says faith must start at home

    Pope baptizes babies, says faith must start at home

    • Jan 13, 2019

    Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the Sistine Chapel Sunday, where he marked the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, as he does every year, by baptizing infants and telling their parents that to pass on the faith, they must start at home by both giving a good example and teaching their children the basics.

    By Elise Harris
  • Baptism is a daring dive, a radical surrender to a new way of life

    Baptism is a daring dive, a radical surrender to a new way of life

    • Jan 13, 2019

    Baptism means accepting the power to become a new person, with a new way of life and a new approach to the world in Jesus Christ.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
  • Site of Baptism of the Lord nears reopening as landmines cleared

    Site of Baptism of the Lord nears reopening as landmines cleared

    • Dec 10, 2018

    Churches at the site along the banks of the Jordan river where Jesus is believed to have been baptized could reopen within a year, following progress on a project to clear thousands of landmines and other ordinance from the location.

    By Catholic News Agency
  • If every tattoo tells a story, so does “tattoo of the soul” in baptism

    If every tattoo tells a story, so does “tattoo of the soul” in baptism

    • Jan 14, 2018

    Baptism is an occasion when the skills of a human tattoo artist give way to the beauty of the divine Artist of our souls, who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth.

    By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby
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