15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death and so can represent the mystery of the cross. By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion ...
Settling at the site of Christ’s baptism, she is said to have lived the last 47 years of her life there. “We are 9 kilometers north of the Dead Sea, about 5,000 steps,” said Shaher Abo ...
A. Baptism was instituted, very probably, about the time Our Lord was baptized by St. John, and its reception was commanded when after His resurrection Our Lord said to His Apostles: "All power is ...
West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...
Rising from her baptism in the Jordan River ... fishermen whose lives centered on the Sea of Galilee. Here, according to the Gospels, Jesus miraculously calmed a storm, walked on water, and ...