Baptism

Twenty “missionaries” killed in the world in 2020 The Vatican’s news agency has drawn up a list of pastoral workers, men and women they describe as “missionaries”, who were killed in the world during 2020. By Vatican News staff writer The annual list says that the 20 “missionaries” killed include 8 priests, 1 male religious, 3 nuns, 2 seminarians and 6 lay people. Fides uses the term "missionary" for all the baptized, aware of what Pope Francis explains in his Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii gaudium: “In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People of God have become missionary disciples.” In fact “Every Christian,” the Pope says, “is a missionary to the extent that he or she has encountered the love of God in Christ Jesus: we no longer say that we are ‘disciples’ and ‘missionaries’, but rather that we are always ‘missionary disciples’”. The highest number of casualties this year were in the Americas, with 5 priests and 3 lay people killed. Africa comes next w

Why Was Jesus Baptized? : Why was Jesus baptized? John the Baptist's baptism was for the repentance of sin, but Jesus was sinless. First, His Baptism settled the question in the hearts of the people that John might be the Christ. Secondly, it revealed Who is the Person of Christ. He is the Son of God. But Christ's Baptism also reveals who we are to become! Today's Gospel for the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan is discussed in Fr. John Paul Shea's homily.

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https://www.dominicanajournal.org/the-baptism-of-the-lord-and-the-baptistery/ The Baptism of the Lord and the Baptistery By  Br. Irenaeus Dunlevy, O.P. | January 10, 2020 | † Featured Series ,  Christmas ,  The Sights and Sounds of Christmas View Larger Image The Sights and Sounds of Christmas : The Baptistery of San Giovanni  in Florence , c. 1059-1128 The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence rises before the great dome of Brunelleschi and the front doors of the cathedral. This structure, separate from the  Duomo , envelops the place where God tears open the heavens for the soul who receives the graces of baptism.  The Florentines constructed the Romanesque structure in the eleventh and twelfth centuries during an economic boom. The people—enjoying temporal benefits from God—gave thanks by means of ordered geometry, carved stone, and gilded mosaics. Guided by faith, human hands lifted up this baptistery as an invitation for the Lord to come down and reign

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