He had already spoken of his Passion, which he was about to suffer in Jerusalem, as a "Baptism" with which he had to be baptized. 22 The blood and water that flowed from the pierced side of the ...

Jesus says to the Samaritan women, “…whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).

Additionally, the baptism is the answer of a good conscience toward God, where the person has all liberty to serve him with nothing holding them back, as in 1 Peter 3:21.

Today’s feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a time to reflect on not only the Lord’s baptism, but our own. In an extended sense, when Christ is baptized, so are we, for we are members of his Body.

In my reflection upon those seasons, and after lengthy biblical research, I'm absolutely sure of one thing: God doesn't quibble over the amount of water used in baptism. Sprinkle, pour, dunk, dip ...

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in ...

His baptism miracle was his first step of humble obedience, setting him on a course to his death and resurrection. At the very first Christian baptism, Jesus identified with sinners. It’s what ...

Some liturgies make clear that baptism is an actual supernatural transformation and make specific reference to the many instances of crossing over referenced in the Bible.