Search Page

He showed me how I am like a child in a baptismal robe, after sorrow and forgiveness, penance and reparation.

When a child is given Divine Life at baptism its Guardian Angel is filled with joy

At the baptism, I saw the pure, fervent, fiery joy of the child's guardian angel, who rejoiced at the sight of Divine Life within the child's soul.

By our priestly work of intercession we can draw people closer to God

Everyone on earth can choose to call out for God's help, hoping to be heard. Yet those who have been baptised into Christ, made adopted children of God, living in His light, can speak with God as with a friend, and have a sure hope of Heaven, if faithful to the end. Christ's Spirit, living in souls, gives knowledge of God, intimacy, and hope, and is a lamp for the Way.

The soul which loves Christ draws along others on its train, as it pursues its task, in the baptismal priesthood of all who love and obey Christ.

Through baptism Divine Life is poured into a child's heart and spreads out to others

Through baptism Divine Life is poured into a child's heart and spreads out to others

By Baptism, the soul becomes a furnace of Divine Love, as the Indwelling Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - shines out Glory from that soul upon others. It's as if the entire person is irradiated with light, all sin banished. This is a 'child of God', whatever age this person is; adopted by God and ready for Heaven.

Through baptism Divine Life is poured into a child's heart and spreads out to others

One who is baptised, yet is not in 'Full Communion' with the Catholic Church, is like someone who remains in the shallows, not fully swimming in the depths.

A blaze of light streams upwards to Heaven, from the heart of a baby whose heart, after baptism, is full of Divine Life.

Through faith, baptism, and loving obedience, we share in the life of the Holy Trinity

When Christ was baptised in the River Jordan, the Holy Spirit appeared as a dove, as the Father spoke lovingly from Heaven.

When Christ was baptised in the River Jordan, the Holy Spirit appeared as a dove, as the Father spoke lovingly from Heaven.

If we hope to be saved, the importance of Baptism cannot be exaggerated. It is the means chosen by God by which a person's state becomes glorious. Sin is banished, and Divine Life is given, life which enables that person to live in union with God, and in the hope of attaining Heaven, by the grace of Christ.

It is no small matter, in Christ's sight, that many Christians don't complete their Christian initiation because their leaders have invalid Orders, and so children who have been baptised are not confirmed and do not receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

Anyone on earth can choose to call out for God's help, hoping to be heard. Yet those baptised into Christ and made adopted children of God now live in His Light. They can speak with God as with a friend. They have a sure hope of Heaven if they remain faithful to the end. Christ's Spirit, living in them, gives knowledge of God, intimacy and hope, and is a 'lamp' for the way ahead.

Through baptism we are brought into the life of the Holy Trinity

A person who shares God's very life, through Baptism, and lives in a state of grace, can be certain that when she prays to the Father in Christ's name, in the Spirit, He hears and answers. How can He fail to hear the prayer of His own Son? In sharing the life of the Divine Persons, we share in Their loving responses to one another in the Godhead: hence our prayers are granted.