WECONNECT

Choosing to exchange vows before God and the community of faith reflects your commitment to each other and to God. As you prepare to start a family together, you make the decisions for the good of your family, and not only your individual good, so too, within God's family, the Church. The following guidelines will ensure communication among all who are part of your special day and ensure reverence and dignity toward God within the ceremony itself. We are glad you are here... During the celebration of Baptism a priest or deacon blesses the water that will be used as a sign of rebirth. The celebrant prays, over the water then ask; Father, with your Son to send the Holy Spirit upon the water of this font. May all who are buried with Christ in the death of baptism rise also with him to newness of life... The priest or deacon then pours the water on the heads of the people being baptized or immerses them, saying, (Name), I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the..

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