“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Matthew 3:11 ...

As discussed in a previous article, the early Church Fathers laid a strong foundation for the belief in baptismal regeneration. Continuing this exploration, additional Church Fathers further ...

"There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished" (Luke 12:50). Rom 6:19-23; Luke 12:49-53 In today's Gospel, Jesus describes the Good News as a ...

When Luci Baines Johnson celebrated her 18th birthday by entering the Roman Catholic Church a fortnight ago, Father James Montgomery capped the ceremony by pouring water on her forehead and saying: ...

“I have come to set the earth on fire” (Luke 12:49). Eph 3:14-21; Luke 12:49-53 Today’s liturgy pairs one of the most majestic summations of the Christian vision with one of the scariest passages in ...