So, today's liturgy begins with the invitation ... We have no idea why Jesus decided to ask John for baptism. Mark seemingly knows nothing about Luke's story about how they were related through ...

Pope Francis prays during the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter's Basilica on April 7. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA With relativism in the fields of ethics, philosophy, art and religion ...

Recalling Sunday's liturgy of the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the Holy Father said during his Angelus address: “In revealing himself as Father through the Son, God establishes a privileged ...

So, today's liturgy begins with the invitation ... We have no idea why Jesus decided to ask John for baptism. Mark seemingly knows nothing about Luke's story about how they were related through ...

Baptism ties us to the eternal communion of all the saints, something we get a taste of each time we gather at the Lord’s table. We were truly made for this life together. Mihee Kim-Kort is a ...

Through Baptism ... liturgy of the Church and to exercise their baptismal priesthood by the witness of holy lives and practical charity. 85 1274 The Holy Spirit has marked us with the seal of the ...

The liturgy, the bishops highlighted, engages the entire assembly as we turn to the Lord: “It requires a celebratory art capable of bringing out the sacramental value of the Word of God ...

Thus, the feast has already commenced. For the day of the Baptism of the Lord (Theophany) the Great Compline service is read, then a festal Matins, and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. In the first ...

The Roman Missal, which spells out specifics of how ... Also around this time, the church also placed more emphasis on infant baptism than adult baptism. It became the norm until the liturgical ...

Recalling Sunday’s liturgy of the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the Holy Father said during his Angelus address: “In revealing himself as Father through the Son, God establishes a ...