Let's keep our eyes on the prize

The need for a magisterium.

John prepares the people well for the preaching of Jesus

Going, boldly, where lots of folks have also gone before...

The seventh spiritual work of mercy is to pray for the living and the dead.  This means we pray for the unborn, those newly conceived, all those who have ever existed—even if only briefly—in their mother's wombs.

It's strange to think being submerged in water could be so meaningful...but there you go!