But as the Gospel unfolds, we see that there is something else. There is also a call that comes with baptism. Like Christ, our baptism is the beginning of a mission, a mission handed on to the ...

In the official rite of baptism, the baptizing priest is required to say, “I baptize you in the name of the Father ... just say and do anything and still call it a baptism.

The focus of this piece is not to address any of the issues above but to look at baptism “in the name of Jesus” and ... all whom the Lord our God will call.” Acts 10:47-48 Then Peter said ...

I baptize you in the name of the Father ... of salvation for children who have died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church's call not to prevent little children coming to Christ ...

There is something about the sight of a tiny baby having water poured over his or her head in the name of the ... weeks before the baptism, I invite the parents and godparents (and anyone else who ...

By baptism, we become adopted children of God. We become children by grace. We can honestly call God our Father and ... give you whatever you ask him in my name.” By being chosen in Jesus ...

The call to conversion is constant and it’s readily renewed by God in the life of a believer. While the objective actions of baptism cannot be overlook or minimalized, so the subjective aspects ...

Prior to his baptism, Christ was called by many names. He was known as the son of Mary and Joseph, and as a brother to his brothers and sisters. He was Jesus. He was a carpenter. And after this ...

Continuing his series of Easter-season talks on baptism, the pope said that a person's name, asked during the welcoming rite of the sacrament, "takes us out of anonymity" and is the first step in ...