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PROOF OF BAPTISMis always required before the celebration of Confirmation, First Eucharist, Matrimony, or Holy Orders. During each of these sacramental moments the parish of baptism is contacted within six months prior to the celebration of baptism to verify the person’s baptism and any other Sacraments already celebrated and to verify the parish to be notified when the celebration is completed so the person’s Baptism record can be updated. This verification and notification are required by Church Law in order to keep our sacramental records up to date at the church where we were baptized.
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Symbols of baptism
Water = washing
Oil [Sacred Chrism] = anointing/sealing with the Holy Spirit
Candles = light of Christ
White Gown = purity
Going in and out of the water = dying and rising
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Holy Baptism is the base of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1213 -
Two Principal Effects of Baptism
- The removal of both Original Sin and personal sin
- The sealing with the Holy Spirit. In otherwords, at Baptism God saved us and marked us as His as we became a "new creature" in Christ and became part of the Church, the body of Christ.
see CCC 1262, 1265
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Baptism