Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

41 1242 In the liturgy of the Eastern Churches, the post-baptismal anointing is the sacrament of Chrismation (Confirmation). In the Roman liturgy the post- baptismal anointing announces a second ...

Freedom from sin, achieved through the Sacred Liturgy, especially in Baptism and Confession, enables us to engage with "actuosa participatio" in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, and thereby ...

We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices ...

Thus, the feast has already commenced. For the day of the Baptism of the Lord (Theophany) the Great Compline service is read, then a festal Matins, and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. In the first ...

Liturgy refers to the structured worship that happens when Christians meet together at church. Liturgy gives a structure and pattern to worship on a weekly and annual basis. Liturgy can form the ...

thesis on the interplay between early acta martyrum and the baptismal liturgy. Following graduation, she served as Catholic campus minister at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Since 2002, Rachel ...