In the best-known line of his Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln expressed his desire to bind up the nation’s wounds “with malice toward none; with charity for all.” A few sentences before, in ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

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: ...