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Now is a time to think about baptism—and about launching a new family tradition.
My kids seem to love their faith. And why not? The church packs the calendar with dozens of reasons to party. To our family’s way of thinking, “practicing Catholics” are those who celebrate the most.
Like when? On feast days of our patron saints, the major solemnities of the church, holy days of obligation, Marian feasts … We’ll seize on any excuse to bake something chocolate or drive to a favorite inexpensive restaurant.
Celebrating Re-Birthdays. In 1997, Pope John Paul II issued yet another call to festivities: “We should celebrate the day of our baptism as we do our birthday!” he exclaimed on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Now, there’s nothing our family would like more than to add another party to our calendar. But this one’s already on. Since October 14, 1990, the first…
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What an excellent description of how we can, in our lives, live as we are called to live—and how wonderful it is to instill in our children the joy of being baptised and belonging in a very special way to God!
This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I plan to introduce this to my family starting with me. I hate celebrating my birthday but I have fallen in love with the idea of celebrating my baptism. Hope fully I can use this to get my kids more excited about their faith and get them to a better understanding of the meaning of Baptism.
Beautiful article!!! I ll discuss it wit my spouse, so we can introduce it into our family. Bless you!
Thanks for the laughs! My Aunt Marge and Uncle Mike helped my wife and I understand the importance of celebrating baptism day with our children. It’s been a fun and educational thing to do since we started a few years ago with our 4 children. This description is one we completely agree: “To our family’s way of thinking, ‘practicing Catholics’ are those who celebrate the most”