The Catholic Faith Handbook

Faith formation and religious education continue our preparation for receiving this Sacrament with the bishop, which helps us to receive the Holy Spirit in a deeper and more profound way.

Baptism provides the grace for resisting this.

Baptism is one of these.

Someone in the process of Christian initiation

An indelible mark conferred by Baptism, marking us as a spiritually reborn person belonging to Christ.

The Sacrament that is the beginning of a new life in Christ.

When someone who wants to be baptized is killed because of that desire, he or she is said to have undergone this.

In Baptism we first receive this into our lives.

Jesus tells this person that we must be born of water and the Spirit.

The Sacrament of Baptism is necessary for this because it restores our relationship with God.