"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith on Jan.

As Christ enters the water, he makes holy the water that will baptize us. He enters the water and we go there with him. He also acquires gifts to give us. The text says, when Jesus was baptized ...

Christ's Baptism 1223 All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.

Why was Jesus baptized by John in the Jordan Valley near ... We are baptized into the death of Christ, as St. Paul teaches us (Romans 6:3), so that we may rise again to new life.

CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – This Sunday is an important day for me. I will be baptized into the Christian faith.

Often a child of God finds themselves faced with the task of explaining to someone just what the Church of Christ is.