To paraphrase Mother Teresa ... but in our own baptism, we too are claimed as God’s own and filled with the Spirit to fulfill whatever is asked of us. Lord Jesus, you were the one whom ...

18 1224 Our Lord voluntarily submitted himself ... 1245 The solemn blessing concludes the celebration of Baptism. At the Baptism of newborns the blessing of the mother occupies a special place.

Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John ... but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic religion. But if a child is surely dying, we ...