If you were at our Easter Vigil Mass, then you would have had the wonderful opportunity to celebrate with us the initiation of five adults into the Catholic Church. You may have also noticed that, during the baptism celebration, a group of children started to gather at the side of the baptistery, keen to get … Continue reading “There are people being baptised!”
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Earlier in Lent, I was asked if we usually kept blessed water in the baptismal font during the season. It’s not a surprising question. In the past, some people would suggest that parishes remove holy water from the church during Lent, even replacing it with sand or ashes. This idea can be motivated by a … Continue reading Lent is about Baptism
Carmel Bulletin, 24 April 2022 For the past two years, we’ve had very limited access to blessed water, and our baptismal font has remained dry (except when needed, of course, for the Sacrament of Baptism). You may have noticed, however, that since Easter, our font is filled once again; a constant reminder of our baptism. … Continue reading Waters of Rebirth
Carmel Bulletin, 1 April 2018 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too … Continue reading We Too Might Have a New Life
Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday and the giving of the Holy Spirit to the apostles. As Catholics, we first receive the Holy Spirit at Baptism. St Peter calls on those who witnessed the twelve speaking in tongues to “be baptised… and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38). Our Baptism … Continue reading Receive the Holy Spirit
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