We have been waiting for Faith’s God-ma to return from Aussie and yes, she is back at last. We then signed Faith up for baptism in January and guess what, it happened to be the same occasion as the ‘Baptism of the Lord’.
We arrived at Divine Mercy Church early that morning for preparation and a simple oil anointing ceremony at the chapel. We were really excited about the baptism rites and the marching in together with the priest.
Seats were already assigned to the baby’s family members and we were seated at the 2nd row from the altar which was one of my favorite seats during mass. Baptism at the Divine Mercy is very different from the rest as baptism is included in the Sunday mass where the whole congregation welcomes the baby to the Catholic Faith.
Father Johnson who gave the homily today took a small bottle which contained water from the Jordan River and he poured it into the baptism pool so that the babies who will be baptized today will be sharing the same joy as our Lord Jesus who baptized in the Jordan River.
During the homily, we prepared her by taking out her clothes and wrapped her under the thick towel. We walked up to the baptism pool when we were called up. Father Ignatius asked us what we named our child and I replied ‘Faith Tabitha’ and he then baptized her in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That was one beautiful moment.
Faith was shocked when she opened her eyes and found herself in the arms of Father Ignatius and started crying… she continued her cries when we were at the back of the altar changing her into her white dress.
Then we were asked to stand at the side of the altar while we waited for Susan, her God-ma to receive the ‘light’ from the Easter Candle. After mass, we were requested to stay for photo-taking sessions and it was fantastic.
Thank you family and friends who have joined us for this wonderful occasion. We would like to thank Susan for accepting Faith as your God-daughter. God bless you always.
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