18 1224 Our Lord voluntarily submitted himself ... and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." 81 "Baptism therefore constitutes the sacramental bond ...

Jesus’ relationship to God was unique, 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 ...

“Catechism of the Catholic Church ... water and wood, baptism and the cross; Noah the just, Christ; the dove, the Holy Spirit; the ark, the Church; eight, the day of the Lord’s resurrection ...

Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that they can authentically ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures ...