January 31: Sacraments of Initiation and Baptism

The Sacraments and Baptism

God gives us grace to sanctify our lives through the gift of the sacraments. In the sacrament of baptism, we become his adopted sons and daughters. Here is a light-hearted take on the Sacraments of Initiation.   Divine grace precedes, prepares, and elicits our free response in faith and commitment. Sanctifying grace is a habitual gift of God’s own divine life, a stable and supernatural disposition that enables us to live with God and to act by his love. Actual graces refer to God’s interventions in our lives, whether at the beginning of conversion or in the course of the work of sanctification.

Divine grace precedes, prepares, and elicits our free response in faith and commitment. Sanctifying grace is a habitual gift of God’s own divine life, a stable and supernatural disposition that enables us to live with God and to act by his love. Actual graces refer to God’s interventions in our lives, whether at the beginning of conversion or in the course of the work of sanctification.

Here is a compelling take on the water of baptism in which we sign ourselves upon entering Church


On a more theological note, Bishop Barron discusses Baptism.