FYI,
Baptism has never been done with ‘sprinkling’ (or to clarify since this is a common misunderstanding, with merely marking the sign of the cross on the forehead). The water must FLOW over the forehead; that is the essential physical sign for the Sacrament. It does not matter if it’s a tiny ladle or a full pool (which I think is a bit ridiculous as immersion is not part of Catholic faith, so why have the pretentiousness of a pool?).
Baptism has never been done with ‘sprinkling’ (or to clarify since this is a common misunderstanding, with merely marking the sign of the cross on the forehead). The water must FLOW over the forehead; that is the essential physical sign for the Sacrament. It does not matter if it’s a tiny ladle or a full pool (which I think is a bit ridiculous as immersion is not part of Catholic faith, so why have the pretentiousness of a pool?)
Please see post #10.
You should have been able to see this through the use of the ";-)" emoticon at the bottom of post #6. However, it is apparent that I should have made the snarkiness of post #6 clearer than a mere "wink." My apologies for the apparent lack of clarity in that original post.
Have a marvelous Friday today!
Oh, and as for not having a pool, suggest you look at the Didache. (The original recommendation was to have a river (i.e., living water)...but that would be a bit ridiculous to have a river running through a church)
;-) <--please note the wink emoticon...