Posted on 03/05/2009 7:27:44 AM PST by Bigg Red
9 Yrs ago a I was talking to a young lady, she had nominally been raised a Catholic and had had her first son baptized but through our conversation decided to baptize her other 2 children. We ended up going through RCIA together and all 3 of her children have been altar servers, in fact, the 2 youngest just served at the ordination of our new priest.
For many baptism of their children becomes the catalyst for deepening their own faith, so he’s on the right track.
Prayers.
May the Holy Spirit continue to do what he has always done: surprise everybody and bring to life dead bones.
Praying for a wonderful Sunday for your family!
And in a very special way, may your infant grandson help lead your son back to the faith that would enrich both of their lives so greatly.
Prayers for HOPE for your son and grandson! God Bless.
Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.
Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Prayers on the way!
Prayers are up.
This is wonderful news (choosing to baptize the child,) Bigg Red, and I hope you take great encouragement from it.
I will pray that your son comes back to the Church, as I once did.
I will pray. When our daughter was baptized my husband held her as the water was poured. He was not Catholic. He said he actually felt something happening to him when the water was poured. He felt it was the Holy Spirit. This led him to a conversion in 1990. I will pray for the same for your son!
God bless Red,
I was apostate in my early 20’s and made the journey back.
God put lots of the strangest of instruments in my way to bring this about. Sometimes I didn’t recognize God’s hand in the process until sometime later.
By the time my son was born I had come full circle. Your grandson will certainly bring your own closer to faith.
Hopefully, your daughter-in-law may be helpful throughout the process? Your son’s entire family will be the beneficiaries of his return to the Church.
The coolest thing, which I had not anticipated about becoming a father was the new insights into scripture; the reading of a son’s duty to a father in Sirach, the Prodigal Son and other scripture where the model is flipped and “you” are now the dad.
God bless the lot of you. Hope the weather holds out for a spring day.
Please keep in your prayers my friend L, that she finds a good man to love her and marry her.
Prayers for God’s blessings.
Thank you, FRiend. My son and I had a good conversation about this on Sunday. The Baptism was wonderful.
Great outcome for that family. Thank you for sharing that story and for your prayers.
Very happy to pray for blessings for your wonderful grandson and your son, on this very holy day.
Thank you for your prayers. Loved the image.
Thank you for your prayers. The Baptism was just perfect, and I am full of hope for my son and his family.
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