"The word baptism means derailment. Christ baptizes Peter……" — Ronald Rolheiser

"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"

— Ronald Rolheiser

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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As… — Saint Basil
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Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you… — T.D. Jakes
Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers. — Max Lucado
The rediscovery of the value of one's baptism is the basis of the missionary commitment of every Christian, because we… — Pope Benedict XVI
For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as… — Saint Augustine
No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old. — Saint Augustine
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When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of… — Tertullian

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