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By Anselm Grun

A sacrament in line with St. Thomas Aquinas is ''the signal of a sacred factor in as far as it sanctifies men.'' St Augustine referred to as it ''a seen kind of an invisible grace.'' The sacraments are necessary to the lifetime of the Church in so much traditions yet they ha

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I anoint the mother as priestess, queen and prophetess, and the father as priest, so that he can discover the marks of God in the child's life; as king, so that he will live as his own person and not allow his life to be ordained by others; and as prophet, so that he can express God in his own particular way. Image of God Then the baptismal garment, a white robe, is put on the child. 27, and makes the point that the child puts on Christ himself like a garment and 28 BAPTISM thereby the beauty of God himself.

Every child is protected by more than the hands of his or her father and mother holding and touching it tenderly. Every child is accompanied by an angel stretching a loving hand out to encircle and defend him or her from danger, and to make sure that this child is aware of God's inexhaustible love should the parents' love reach the limits of their competence. Sign of the cross After a short address in which the priest focuses on the ideas, symbols and images that have come to the fore during the general preparation for the sacrament, the rite proper begins with the sign of the cross.

And may he make you a source of blessing for your brothers and sisters. May God of his gracious goodness, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless you. The nature of baptism The parents and godparents have to discuss with the actual celebrant how they want to adapt the individual baptismal rites. It is more than a question of designing something attractive. Preparation for and of the rite should bring out the parents' understanding of what baptism means. This will enable them to develop an ever-deeper idea of the nature of the sacrament.

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