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The Sacrament of Baptism
"Go forth and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Teach them to observe all that I have commanded
Baptize them in the name of the Father
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of the Son
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of the Holy Spirit."
What is a Sacrament?
There are seven Sacraments. Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusred to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required dispositions.
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The Sacrament of Baptism
Baptism is the sacrament by which we are born into the new life of Christ.
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The fruits of the sacraments are the ways in which the sacrament effects the life of our soul, or we could say, what it does to us, why we need it, how it changes our relationship with God.
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Baptism is the first sacrament because it opens up for us all the other sacraments. Jesus said in Mark's Gospel:"Those who believe and are baptized will be saved."
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The Fruits of the Sacrament are:
1. Remission of Original Sin
2. Birth into the new life by which man becomes an adoptive son of the Father, a member of the Christ, and a temple of the Holy Spirit.
3. Incorporation into the Church, the Body of Christ, and participation in the priesthood of Christ.
4. The imprinting, on the soul, of an indelible spiritual sign, the Character, which consecrates the baptized person for Christian worship. Because of this character, Baptism cannot be repeated.