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GIA ĐÌNH CAO BÙI - MÁI ẤM YÊU THƯƠNG

CHÁU CAO ALEXANDER THEO

ĐƯỢC THÁNH TẨY VÀO NGÀY THỨ BẢY MÙNG 9/2/2019

TẠI NHÀ THỜ ĐỨC MẸ XUỐNG TUYẾT Ở QUEENS NEW YORK

THE CHILD THEO ALEXANDER CAO

WAS RECEIVED BAPTISM ON FEBRUARY, 9-2019

AT THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF SNOW IN QUEENS NY

Preparing for Baptism

The celebrant priest, Fr. Hưng Xuân Cao, and the baptized child, Theo Alexander Cao

Waiting for the time of baptism

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"

Celebrant: What do you ask of God’s Church for THEO?

Parents: Baptism.

Celebrant: You have asked to have your child baptized. In doing so you are accepting the responsibility of training him in the practice of the faith.

It will be your duty to bring him up to keep God’s commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbor.

Do you clearly understand what you are undertaking?

Parents: We do.

The child's blood parents (above) and God-Parents (below)

The Celebrant: Are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duty as Christian parents?

Godparents: We are.

The Celebrant continues: Theo, the Christian community welcomes you with great joy.

In its name I claim you for Christ our Savior by the sign of his cross.

I now trace the cross on your forehead, and invite your godparents to do the same.

He signs the child on the forehead, in silence.

Then he invites the godparents to do the same.

SCRIPTURAL READINGS AND HOMILY

INVOCATION of the SAINTS

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PRAYER of EXORCISM

After the invocation, the celebrant says:

Almighty and ever-living God,
you sent your only Son into the world
to cast out the power of Satan, spirit of evil,
to rescue man from the kingdom of darkness,
and bring him into the splendor of your kingdom of light.
We pray for this child:
set him free from original sin,
make him a temple of your glory,
and send your Holy Spirit to dwell with him.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

ANOINTING BEFORE BAPTISM

The celebrant continues:

We anoint you with the oil of salvation
in the name of Christ our Savior;
may he strengthen you with his power,
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

BLESSING and INVOCATION of GOD OVER BAPTISMAL WATER

The celebrant touches the water with his right hand and continues:

We ask you, Father, with your Son
to send the Holy Spirit upon the water of this font.
May all who are buried with Christ in the death of baptism
rise also with him to newness of life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.

RENUNCIATION of SIN and PROFESSION of FAITH

The celebrant speaks to the parents and godparents in these words:

Dear parents and godparents: You have come here to present this child for baptism. By water and the Holy Spirit he is to receive the gift of new life from God, who is love.

On your part, you must make it your constant care to bring him up in the practice of the faith. See that the divine life which God gives him is kept safe from the poison of sin, to grow always stronger in his (her) heart.

If your faith makes you ready to accept this responsibility, renew now the vows of your own baptism. Reject sin; profess your faith in Christ Jesus.

This is the faith of the Church. This is the faith in which this child is about to be baptized.

The celebrant questions the parents and godparents:

Celebrant: Do you reject Satan?

Parents and Godparents: I do.

Celebrant: And all his works?

Parents and Godparents: I do.

Celebrant: And all his empty promises?

Parents and Godparents: I do.

He baptizes the child, saying:

THEO, I baptize you in the name of the Father,...

and of the Son,...

and of the Holy Spirit.

ANOINTING after BAPTISM

Then the celebrant says:

The God of power and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
has freed you from sin,
given you a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit,
and welcomed you into his holy people.
He now anoints you with the chrism of salvation.
As Christ was anointed Priest, Prophet, and King,
so may you live always as a member of his body,
sharing everlasting life.

All: Amen.

Then the celebrant anoints the child on the crown of the head with the sacred chrism, in silence.

CLOTHING with the WHITE GARMENT

The celebrant says:

THEO, you have become a new creation,
and have clothed yourself in Christ.
See in this white garment the outward sign of your Christian dignity.
With your family and friends to help you by word and example,
bring that dignity unstained
into the everlasting life of heaven.
All: Amen.

The white garment is put on the child.

LIGHTED CANDLE

The celebrant then says:

Parents and godparents,
this light is entrusted to you to be kept burning brightly.
This child of yours has been enlightened by Christ.
He is to walk always as a child of the light.
May he keep the flame of faith alive in his heart.
When the Lord comes, may he go out to meet him
with all the saints in the heavenly kingdom.

The celebrant takes candle and says:

Receive the light of Christ.

EPHPHETHA or PRAYER over EARS and MOUTH

The celebrant touches the ears and mouth of the child with his thumb, saying:

The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
May he soon touch your ears to receive his word,
and your mouth to proclaim his faith,
to the praise and glory of God the Father.
All: Amen.

CONCLUSION of the RITE

The celebrant stands in front of the altar and addresses the parents, godparents, and the whole assembly in these or similar words:

Dearly beloved, this child has been reborn in baptism.
He is now called the child of God, for so indeed he is.
In confirmation he will receive the fullness of God’s Spirit.
In holy communion he will share the banquet of Christ’s sacrifice,
calling God his Father in the midst of the Church.
In the name of this child, in the Spirit of our common sonship,
let us pray together in the words our Lord has given us:

All present join the celebrant in singing or saying:

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

The celebrant first blesses the mother, who holds the child in her arms, then the father, and lastly the entire assembly:

Celebrant:

God is the giver of all life, human and divine.
May he bless the father of this child.
He and his wife will be the first teachers of their child in the ways of faith.
May they be also the best of teachers,
bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do,
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

All: Amen.

Celebrant:

By God’s gift, through water and the Holy Spirit,
we are reborn to everlasting life.
In his goodness,
may he continue to pour out his blessings upon these sons and daughters of his.
May he make them always, wherever they may be,
faithful members of his holy people.
May he send his peace upon all who are gathered here,
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
All: Amen.

Celebrant:

May almighty God,
the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit,
bless you.
All: Amen.

Celebrant: My brothers and sisters, we entrust you all to the mercy and help of God the almighty Father, his only Son, and the Holy Spirit.

May he watch over your life, and may we all walk by the light of faith, and attain the good things he has promised us.

Go in peace, and may almighty God, the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit, bless you.

All: Amen.