The giving of the white garment or cloth to signify our sinless state after baptism; and 6. The giving of the lighted candle to signify the light of faith and fire of love that should dwell in our ...

which will as it were "confirm" and complete the baptismal anointing. 1243 The white garment symbolizes that the person baptized has "put on Christ," 42 has risen with Christ. The candle , lit ...

Most of all, Mary chose the better portion because she chose Jesus. I often wonder what Martha and Mary remembered about that ...

"Lili's Baptism," Ellen wrote in the caption. Ellen also shared a photo of the candles from Liana's baptism, where one showed her full name, Liana Del A. Ramsay. In October 2024, Derek surprised their ...

Surrounded by family and friends at the kitchen island, Worthington’s Blaise Parrill smiled sheepishly as the familiar words and tune of “Happy Birthday” rang out in his home. “Happy Birthday dear ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

Mexican parishioners placed eight candles on church altars in memory of the eight young ... "Sometimes we exhaust ourselves ...

Beatrice Elachi lost her son Elvis and during his memorial she and her family gave the church seven offerings which ...

Votive candles, candlesticks and what appeared to be the cover for the church's baptismal font had been thrown down and ...

The attack on the church youth highlighted the tragedy of young Mexicans losing their lives amid the violence. Young people are also falling into lives of crime with teenage boys being recruited as ...