"We need to discover what we have become in baptism in order to understand what we ought to do in life. Our duty flows out of who we have become: 'If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit'" (Galatians 5:25).
—from chapter three

Baptism by water is the new birth. Baptism of the Spirit renews that birth and is "a conscious awareness and a powerful experience of its meaning and its potentialities," as Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa explains in this rich discussion of how the Holy Spirit makes all things new. In this followup to the bestselling first volume, Fr. Cantalamessa explores the themes of ongoing conversion, our transformation in faith, and our need to focus always on eternity.