Reception of
Children
- Celebrant: What name do you give your child?
- Parents: N.
- Celebrant: What do you ask of God's Church for N.?
- Parents: Baptism.
- Celebrant:
You have asked to have your children baptized. In doing so you
are accepting the responsibility of training them in the
practice of the faith. It will be your duty to bring them up to
keep God's commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and
our neighbor. Do you clearly understand what you are
undertaking?
- Parents: We do.
- Celebrant:
Godparents, are you ready to help these parents in their duty as
Christian mothers and fathers?
- All the godparents: We are.
- Celebrant:
My dear children, the Christian community welcomes you with
great joy. In its name I claim you for Christ our Savior by the
sign of his cross. I now trace the cross on your foreheads, and
invite your parents and godparents to do the same.
Liturgy of the
Word
- 1st Reading - (one of the following may be used)
- Exodus 17:3-7
- Ezekiel 36:24-28
- Ezekiel 47:1-9,12
- Romans 6:3-5
- Romans 8:28-32
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
- Galatians 3:26-28
- Ephesians 4:1-6
- 1 Peter 2:4-5,9-10
- Responsorial Psalm
- Gospel Acclamation
- Gospel - (one of the following may be used)
- Matthew 22:35-40
- Matthew 28:18-20
- Mark 1:9-11
- Mark 10:13-16
- Mark 12:28-34
- John 3:1-6
- John 4:5-15
- John 6:44-47
- John 7:37-39
- John 9:1-7
- John 15:1-11
- John 19:31-35
- Homily
Intercession
- Celebrant:
My brothers and sisters, let us ask our Lord Jesus Christ to
look lovingly on these children who are to be baptized, on their
parents and godparents, and on all the baptized. Please respond:
Lord hear our prayer
- Leader: By the mystery of your death and
resurrection, bathe these children in light, give them the new
life of baptism and welcome them into your holy Church.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Leader: Through baptism and confirmation, make them
your faithful followers and witnesses to your gospel.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Leader: Lead them by a holy life to the joys of God's
kingdom.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Leader: Make the lives of their parents and
godparents examples of faith to inspire these children.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Leader: Keep their families always in your love.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Leader: Renew the grace of our baptism in each one of
us.
- All: Lord, hear our prayer.
- Celebrant:
Let us continue our prayer by calling upon the Saints. Please
respond: Pray for us
- Celebrant: Holy Mary, Mother of God
- All: pray for us
- Celebrant: Saint John the Baptist
- All: pray for us
- Celebrant: Saint Joseph
- All: pray for us
- Celebrant: Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- All: pray for us
- Celebrant: St. N.
- All: pray for us
- Celebrant: All holy men and women
- All: pray for us
Prayer of
Exorcism and Anointing before Baptism
- Celebrant:
- Almighty and ever-living God,
- you sent your only Son into the world
- to cast out the power of Satan, spirit of evil,
- to rescue man from the kingdom of darkness,
- and bring him into the splendor of your kingdom of light.
- We pray for these children:
- set them free from original sin,
- make them temples of your glory,
- and send your Holy Spirit to dwell within them.
- (We ask this) through Christ our Lord.
- All: Amen.
- Celebrant:
- We anoint you with the oil of salvation
- in the name of Christ our Savior;
- may he strengthen you
- with his power,
- who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
- All: Amen.
Celebration of the Sacrament
- Celebrant:
- My dear brothers and sisters, God uses the sacrament of
water to give his divine life to those who believe in him. Let
us turn to him, and ask him to pour his gift of life from this
font on the children he has chosen.
Blessing of
the Water
- Celebrant:
- Father you give us grace through sacramental signs, which
tell us of the wonders of your unseen power.
- In baptism we use your gift of water, which you have made a
rich symbol of the grace you give us in this sacrament.
- At the very dawn of creation your Spirit breathed on the
waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness.
- The waters of the great flood you made a sign of the waters
of baptism, that make an end of sin and a new beginning of
goodness.
- Through the waters of the Red Sea you led Israel out of
slavery, to be an image of God's holy people, set free from sin
by baptism.
- In the waters of the Jordan your Son was baptized by John
and anointed with the Spirit.
- Your Son willed that water and blood should flow from his
side as he hung upon the cross.
- After his resurrection he told his disciples: "Go out and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
- Father, look now with love upon your Church, and unseal for
her the fountain of baptism.
- By the power of the Spirit give to the water of this font
the grace of your Son.
- You create man in your own likeness: cleanse him from sin in
a new birth to innocence by water and spirit.
- We ask you, 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 in newness of life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Renunciation
of Sin and Profession of Faith
- Celebrant:
- Dear parents and godparents:
- You have come here to present these children for baptism. By
water and the Holy Spirit they are to receive the gift of new
life from God, who is love.
- On your part, you must make it your constant care to bring
them up in the practice of the faith. See that the divine life
which God gives them is kept safe from the poison of sin, to
grow always stronger in their hearts.
- If your faith makes you ready to accept this responsibility,
renew now the vows of your own baptism. Reject sin; profess your
faith in Christ Jesus. This is the faith of the church. This is
the faith in which these children are about to be baptized.
- (And I invite you, this gathered community, to make the same
promises, to profess the same faith and to accept your role as
guardians and teachers of this faith for the children. Please
respond: I do.)
- Celebrant:
Do you reject sin so as to live in the freedom of God's
children?
- Parents and godparents: I do.
- Celebrant:
Do you reject Satan, father of sin and price of darkness?
- Parents and godparents: I do.
- Celebrant:
Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven
and earth?
- Parents and godparents: I do.
- Celebrant:
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was
born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried,
rose from the dead, an is now seated at the right hand of the
Father?
- Parents and godparents: I do.
- Celebrant:
Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the
communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection
of the body, and life everlasting?
- Parents and godparents: I do.
- Celebrant:
This is our faith. This is the faith of the Church. We are proud
to profess it, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Baptism
- Celebrant:
Parents and godparents is it your will that N. should be
baptized in the faith of the Church, which we have all professed
with you?
- Parents and godparents: It is.
- Celebrant:
N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit.
Anointing
with Chrism
- Celebrant:
N., N., God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has freed you
from sin, given you a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit,
and welcomed you into his holy people. He now anoints you with
the chrism of salvation. As Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet,
and King, so may you live always as members of his body, sharing
everlasting life.
- All: Amen.
Clothing
with White Garment
- Celebrant:
- N., N., you have (each) become a new creation, and have
clothed yourselves in Christ.
- See in this white garment the outward sign of our Christian
dignity.
- With your family and friends to help you by word and
example, bring that dignity unstained into everlasting life.
- All: Amen.
Lighted Candle
- Celebrant:
Receive the light of Christ.
- Someone from each family (father or godfather) lights the
child's candle from the Easter candle.
- Parents and godparents, this light is entrusted to you to be
kept burning brightly. These children of yours have been
enlightened by Christ. They are to walk always as children of
the light. May they keep the flame of faith alive in their
hearts. When the Lord comes, may they go out to meet him with
all the saints in the heavenly kingdom.
Ephphetha or
Prayer over Ears and Mouth
- Celebrant:
The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the dumb speak. May he
soon touch your ears to receive his word and your mouth to
proclaim his faith, to the praise and glory of God the Father.
- All: Amen.
Conclusion
- Celebrant:
- You have put on Christ,
- in him you have been baptized.
- Alleluia, alleluia.
Lord's Prayer
- Celebrant:
Dearly beloved, these children have been reborn in baptism. They
are now called children of God, for so indeed they are. In
confirmation they will receive the fullness of God's Spirit. In
holy communion they will share the banquet of Christ's
sacrifice, calling God their Father in the midst of the Church.
In their name, in the Spirit of our common sonship, let us pray
together in the words our Lord has given us:
- Our Father, who art in heaven,
- hallowed be thy name;
- thy kingdom come;
- thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
- Give us this day our daily bread;
- and forgive us our trespasses
- as we forgive those who trespass against us;
- and lead us not into temptation
- but deliver us from evil.
Blessings
- Celebrant:
- God the Father, through his Son, the Virgin Mary's child,
has brought joy to all Christian mothers, as they see the hope
of eternal life shine on their children. May he bless the
mothers of these children. They now thank God for the gift of
their children. May they be one with them in thanking him for
ever in heaven, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- All: Amen.
- Celebrant:
- God is the giver of all life, human and divine. May he bless
the fathers of these children. With their wives they will be the
first teachers of their children in the ways of faith. May they
be also the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by
what they say and do, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- All: Amen.
- Celebrant:
- By God's gift, through water and the Holy Spirit, we are
reborn to everlasting life. In his goodness, may he continue to
pour out his blessing upon all present, who are his sons and
daughters. May he make them always, wherever they may be,
faithful members of his holy people. May he send his peace upon
all who are gathered here, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- All: Amen.
- Celebrant:
- May almighty God, the Father, and the Son + and the Holy
Spirit, bless you and remain with you forever.
- All: Amen.
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