Baptism is the epic beginning of our participation in the Paschal Mystery of Christ. Today, I share an example of a Baptism class I recently gave which explains the biblical context behind the sacrament of Baptism, and how this powerful sacrament prepares us to live Christ’s mission incarnationally.
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The sacraments are the Church’s ministry of the incarnation throughout time and place, and tangible means through which we live the Paschal Mystery of Christ.
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This episode was sponsored by Chews Life. Chews Life’s mission is to equip all Catholics with Rosaries for life.
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Michael “Gomer” Gormley
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Started the podcast on Baptism but stopped it 20 minutes in. The person presenting sounded like a football commentator. His voice was full of hype and 90% of what I heard was an exposition of himself – very egoistical and seriously badly explained and presented. I was bored with his story in 2 minutes. He was annoying. In my opinion this podcast was a waste of my time with minimal information in the first 20 mins. Perhaps he finally got on topic but I couldn’t bear either the hype or his story so turned it off.BTW I am a Theology Masters student and this is the worst presentation I have ever listened too.