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 ...

A little while ago I had a curious discussion with someone online. Commenting on one of the events for Remembrance, I noted that the prayer said by the Christian leader took the form of a general ...

David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...

The inner dynamism of Christian prayer is opened to other members of the family of God. The first and preeminent of such ...

Jesus was a perfect and sinless man born of the Holy Spirit, so why did he ask John to baptize him? It turns out that this ...

It is the Spirit who initiates prayer within us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “’No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.’ Every time we begin to pray ...

Paul reminds us that through Christ, we are no longer bound to the old way of trying to please God by keeping the law on our ...

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

Peter shared a compelling sermon that led the crowd to seek salvation. Bryan Cook He urged them to repent and be baptized in order to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

According to tradition, this litany, approved in 1899 for public recitation, originated at Marseilles, where devotion to the Sacred Heart became very popular during the early eighteenth century.

Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America. He will stand on the western steps ...