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“Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.”

Love Force Vision Battle Forgotten Soldier Flood Leaving Me Baptism Breathless

Book:All the Truth That's In Me

Source: All the Truth That's In Me

“And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.”

Book Dream Water Numbers Wine Silent Baptism

Author:Toni Morrison

“We are called to live our baptism every day, as new creatures, clothed in Christ.”

Christ Creatures Baptism

Author:Pope Francis

“We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with the Gospel are its intermediate stage, and its perfection is victory through spiritual struggles against the passions, which procures painless, indestructible, heavenly life.”

“And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.”

I Can Beautiful Justice Grace Mercy Instruments Communion Sacraments Baptism Mercy Of God Instruments Of God Eucharistic

Author:Pope Francis

“Regardless of our individual circumstances, we can all enjoy the full blessings of priesthood power through keeping the covenants we have made at baptism and in the temple.”

Made Individual Enjoy Circumstances Blessing Temples Covenant Baptism Priesthood

Author:Bonnie L. Oscarson

“I've had a lot of baptism by fire.”

Author:Donna Murphy

“Our real calling to be a compassionate Christian came when we stepped out of the waters of baptism… We don’t need a bishop’s assignment to be kind. We don’t need to sign up to be thoughtful. We don’t need to be sustained by our wards to be sensitive.”

Needs Kind Real Christian Water Calling Sensitive Thoughtful Be Kind Compassionate Bishops Baptism Assignments

Author:Chieko N. Okazaki

“The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter on the rock when he tells him: "Because you confessed your love for me, your life is no longer your own. Before you said this, you fastened your belt and you walked wherever you liked. Now, others will put a belt around you and take you where you would rather not go." To submit to love is to be baptized, that is, to let one's life be forever interrupted. To not let one's life be interrupted is to say no to love”

Mean Said Life Is Faith Christ Love Is Forever Rocks Peter Submit Belts Baptism Interrupted Baptized

Author:Ronald Rolheiser

“Most of us like thinking we are God's only children...At least one of the purposes of church is to remind us that God has other children, easily as precious as we. Baptism and narcissism cancel each other out.”

Thinking Children Purpose Church Narcissism Baptism Only Child

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor

“Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man, who have risen again with Christ in the heavenly regeneration, both think upon and do the things that are Christ's.”

Thinking Men Christ Sin Died Heavenly Old Man Buried Risen Baptism Regeneration

Author:Cyprian

“We are in China in obedience to the command of our Lord; and the purpose of our Mission is to disciple and make Christians of this great nation.. . This is a great spiritual work, and to secure success in it we need the abiding presence of the Spirit, and through the Spirit such a full baptism of power as will perfectly fit each one of us for the special work which God has given him to do.”

“DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.”

World Firsts Sin Experiments Sinner Notable Baptism Deluge

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.”

Long Sea Daughter My Daughter Humankind Baptism Immersion

Book:Tell Me a Riddle

Source: Tell Me a Riddle

“Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully.”

Author:Pope Francis