BEAUTIFUL, HOW PRECIOUS IS TO BE BAPTIZED IN CHRIST

BEAUTIFUL, 

HOW PRECIOUS IS TO

BE BAPTIZED 

IN CHRIST 

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Baptism is God's
most beautiful and
magnificent gift....
We call it gift,
grace, anointing,
enlightenment,
garment of
immortality,
bath of rebirth,
seal, and most
precious gift.

It is called GIFT
because it is conferred
on those who bring
nothing of their own;
GRACE: since it is
given even to the
guilty; Baptism
because sin is
buried in the water;
ANOINTING: for it is
priestly and royal as
are those who are
anointed;
ENLIGHTENMENT:
because it radiates
light;
CLOTHING: since it
veils our shame;
BATH: because it
washes;
:And SEAL as it is our
guard and the sign of
God's Lordship._____________
Taken from: Catechism of
the Catholic Church,
1216.
Text: St. Gregory of
Nazianzus, Oratio
40, 3-4: PG 36, 361C. .
Date: 09.20.2014.

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