Baptism for adults is a part of Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults or RCIA.īecause of the sin of Adam and Eve, we are born into sin and we continue to sin.
If you are interested in receiving the Sacrament of Baptism, please call the parish office for further information. Children can be baptized as soon as they are born you only need to make an appointment with Father. When do we celebrate Baptism?īaptism is often celebrated on Sundays after Mass. By commanding His disciples to baptize all nations, He established the means by which people would die to sin, original and actual, and begin to live a new life with God. However, He wanted to show His solidarity with human beings in order to reconcile them to the Father.
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Jesus did not need to be baptized, because He was totally faithful to the will of his Father and free from sin. Jesus’ immersion in the water is a sign for all human beings of the need to die to themselves to do God’s will. We are baptized into Jesus’ death and therefore, share in His Resurrection (Romans 6:3-7). Baptism cleanses us of sins and brings the Holy Spirit and His grace into our souls (Acts 2:38, 22:16). Through baptism we are born again, not on a physical level but a spiritual one. Gregory Nazianzen, Liturgy of the Hours, I, 634). to begin a new creation through the Spirit and water.” (St. “He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake. The waters did not purify Him He cleansed the waters. Jesus submitted himself to the baptism given by John the Baptist. In John 3:5 Jesus said, “No one can enter the kingdom of God, unless he is first-born of water and Spirit.” After His Resurrection, Jesus met with the eleven Apostles and gave them the commission to preach the Gospel and baptize, telling them, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved (Mk 16:16).” Jesus became man to bring us to reconciliation with his Father.
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