 Welcome to the Inner Life, helping you out on your spiritual journey today through spiritual direction. I'm your host, Patrick Conley. Well, speaking of starting things, in the spiritual life, baptism is the great kickoff into living in communion with Jesus as a son or daughter of God. The Catechism puts it this way, Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.