There are three common symbols of the Holy Spirit which are wind, fire, and the dove. This is the story … ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

The pontiff addressed a massive crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 70,000, in St. Peter’s Square on June 7 during a ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

By it we receive “salvation by the power of the Holy Ghost.” “The grace of God” is “given through Christ at the new birth of Baptism” and afterward we walk “in newness of life.” ...

In celebrating the great solemnity of Pentecost today, the church turns her mind to consider perhaps the most mysterious, and ...

Christian baptism is always administered in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Oxford theologian Alister McGrath said, "The doctrine of the Trinity wasn't invented — it was ...

Traditionally, these are the most common images used as metaphors for the Holy Spirit. The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan ...

the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 does not satisfy biblical rules of interpretation like two or three witnesses or emphatic emphasis. Let us look at the first baptism after the Great ...