CCC, 437). After his baptism and confirmation, Jesus was said to be “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 4:1). He is then tempted by the devil, again not unlike Adam in the Garden. After the ...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...

and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." 26 The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans. 27 Always, Baptism is seen ...

Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Su ...

First, the gift of the Holy Spirit. When we are baptized, we join not only Jesus in the Jordan but also the 12 in the Upper Room (Acts 2:1–13). Every baptism is a personal Pentecost. As the ...

People have said to me, “baptism is essential ... the sons and daughters of God. Jesus Christ taught, “…Except a man be born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom ...

In many denominations babies are baptised, and this is known as infant baptism. Jesus’ instructions were to "baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit", so these words are said ...

Jesus’ instructions were to “baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19), so these words are said during the baptism. It is done using total immersion ...