The rite of baptism is a means by which God communicated grace. The baptised infant becomes free from the chains of sin and is joined to the body of Christ.
In the Catholic Church the baptism starts off by the priest greeting the community in the church and goes on to ask questions to the parents and confirms the parents wish for baptism. After the priest has questioned the parents the priest, parents and God Parents draw the sign of the cross on the Childs body following this is the liturgy where all the church pray for the child and sing homilies. Then the time has come to anoint the child with the holy oil and baptism water has been blessed as well with the blessed water the child is baptised. When this has been done the child is clothed in white cloth representing new and clean life when the baby is clothed the parents and God parents are given a candle to light up to represent the child has been anointed as Gods Property and rejecting Satan. They pray the prayers of the faithful and the Lord’s Prayer. After this has done the priest will give his final blessing to the parents, God parents, baby and also family. The significant symbols that are important for baptism are baptismal font , water , oil , candle and white …show more content…
After that is done the priest greets the community as respect. The Collect of the day is prayed and other prayers as well. After this the priest talks about the lesson from the scriptures which most often are from the bible , then they will be a presentation and examination of the candidate then the baptismal covenant is prayed to bless the baby towards the end they also pray prayers of thanksgiving and the priest will bless the baby over the water. When the baby is washed with the water the prayers of consecration over oils is prayed after this the baptism is done and the Lord’s Prayer is recited (our father) and then the concluding prayer. The significant symbols that are important for baptism are baptismal font, water, oil and