The Orthodox Church celebrated, on Friday, its yearly pilgrimage to Al-Maghtas, the site of Jesus Christ's baptism, which ...

As we celebrate the feast of the baptism of Our Lord Jesus today, let us reflect on the significance of baptism.

Jesus' baptism reminds us that he was one of us. He revealed that we humans must allow ourselves to be fragile, seeking and ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...

Jesus is a faithful Son of Israel. If his people are summoned, then so is he. What will become a basic pattern of our ...

Jesus accepted a Baptism of repentance to take upon Himself the ravages of your sins to cleanse you with His Blood. Jesus ...

Because the word epiphany means “manifestation or openly appearing,” both feasts—the visit of the Magi and the baptism of ...

When Jesus came to John to be baptized, Matthew tells us, “John tried to prevent him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, ...

Life and love are not earned by us, nor do we take them, but we receive these good gifts from God with gratitude, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. By our baptism, we ...

Catholic clergy representing the Latin Church as well as Greek Catholics, Maronites, Chaldeans, Syriacs and Armenians ...

COMMENTARY: The unity of Jesus’ disciples will be the greatest testimony of the truth of Christ’s coming and ongoing presence ...

Our liturgies carry us to Christ; our worship becomes an encounter. What we adore is revealed in sacrament, revealing our ...