Today we celebrate Christ’s baptism, which inaugurates his ministry. John the Baptist had been preaching a Gospel of repentance for the forgiveness of sin, made tangible through baptism. And Jesus came to him to be baptised, even though Jesus was without sin. ...
At his baptism he receives the Holy Spirit and God says, “This is my Son, whom I love, with him I and well pleased.” For Christians and Non-Christians alike, we are called to choose the life of spirit over the flesh. We are to live as obedient disciples of God and followers of...
Was it something like Paul is talking about in Romans 8:26-28, “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of ...