the love we can experience — and Jesus Christ as the culmination of all. When the first candle was lit, it begins the hope that is in every human heart, that there is a love that surpasses all ...

The readings for the Baptism of the Lord include the prophet Isaiah's paradoxical description of the powerful Messiah as marked by gentleness and tenderness. Our baptism joins us to his ministry in ...

Because the father watched with hope, he was ready to receive his son with joy, seeing through the filth and shame to his inherent dignity as his beloved child. Jesus most perfectly mediates the ...