Why was Jesus Baptized?
Why was Jesus Baptized?
St. Ambrose says on Luke 3:21: ‘Our Lord was baptized because he wished, not to be cleansed, but to cleanse the waters, that, being purified by the flesh of Christ that knew no sin, they might have the virtue of baptism.’â€
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales