Tuesday, Easter Wk 6: “what must I do to be saved?”

“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved.” So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once.

-- Acts 16:22-34

From the very day of Pentecost the Church has celebrated and administered holy Baptism. Indeed St. Peter declares to the crowd astounded by his preaching: "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans. Always, Baptism is seen as connected with faith: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household," St. Paul declared to his jailer in Philippi. And the narrative continues, the jailer "was baptized at once, with all his family."

-- CCC 1226

Saints of God:

• Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Anthimus of Rome
• Anthony de Sant'Ana Galvão
• Cyril and Methodius (Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Francis of Girolama
• Gangulphus of Burgundy
• Majolus of Cluny
• Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints
• Odilo of Cluny

pray for us.