Mark says that after the baptism the Holy Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness ... In this discourse, delivered in the upper room on the eve of the crucifixion, and recorded only by John ...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit represents a foundational work of God where believers are united with Christ and fellow ...

First, the gift of the Holy Spirit. When we are baptized, we join not only Jesus in the Jordan but also the 12 in the Upper Room (Acts 2:1–13). Every baptism is a personal Pentecost. As the ...

He does so through baptism and then through a special ... to rest upon those gathered in the upper room. With this anointing of the Holy Spirit, the church is thus definitively established to ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...