tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2434915584695135632..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: WHAT DO A MINE RESCUE AND HOLY BAPTISM HAVE IN COMMON?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23549779526680821452010-10-14T20:13:16.523-04:002010-10-14T20:13:16.523-04:00Excellent post, Father. You hit that one out of t...Excellent post, Father. You hit that one out of the park.<br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25216123582087975592010-10-14T06:42:08.846-04:002010-10-14T06:42:08.846-04:00Lori, all sacraments including Baptism and Confirm...Lori, all sacraments including Baptism and Confirmation are initiative of God exercised through the sacramental ministry of the Church. We do tend to tell children who are preparing for Confirmation that it is their choice, so they are free to reject it or postpone it. Yet I always tell our teenagers that while it is true they can reject the grace of God and His divine initiatives, that this rejection is a mortal sin if done with full consent of the will and knowledge of the seriousness of saying no to God. Ultimately a mortal sin is always one's free choice to say no to God. In the Eastern Rite of the Church as well as in all of Eastern Orthodoxy, all three sacraments of initiation are administered to the infant, Holy Baptism, Chrismation (Confirmation) and Holy Eucharist in the form of a drop or two of the Precious Blood. Thus the Eastern Church has preserved the oldest sacramental tradition of the Church that the west has recently recovered in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist at the Easter Vigil.Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74202060206814030352010-10-13T22:04:00.540-04:002010-10-13T22:04:00.540-04:00@Robert
She thinks it should be "their choic...@Robert<br /><br />She thinks it should be "their choice" but that is what confirmation is..... infant baptism is the "immunizations" for children, and confirmation is the choice to continue and to accept as their own...<br /><br />Am I right?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837644336506903149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-35670061889170449812010-10-13T14:01:28.295-04:002010-10-13T14:01:28.295-04:00I once had a teenager tell me that she did not bel...I once had a teenager tell me that she did not believe in infant baptism. Her words were, "I think the child should make that choice when she is old enough."<br /><br />I asked her if she believed in immunizations against disease. When she replied that she did, I said, "Well, if you are going to immunize a baby against small pox, diptheria and other diseases, you should also want your child baptized." She asked what I meant. "All children who are born are infected. They have been infected with Original Sin. The only way to cure the infection and immunize them is to have them Baptized. Failure to do so will cause the infection to spread and could make things worse for the child." She seemed to get it then.Robert Kumpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567786012498143419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-32898187619965527702010-10-13T10:49:49.897-04:002010-10-13T10:49:49.897-04:00Sadly, I believe it represents more accurately the...Sadly, I believe it represents more accurately the fact that the dramas of Salvation History, true matters of ultimate life and death, go largely unnoticed by a narcissistic culture that is obsessed with spectacle, sentimentality, violence, and sex. One could hope that witnessing this event might lead viewers to experience, vicariously, this brush with death and repent, confess, and go to Mass (or church). However, as is usually the case in our sound-bite society, most people who stumble over a moment of truth manage to pick themselves up and keep right on going.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27222244639684421242010-10-13T09:23:58.704-04:002010-10-13T09:23:58.704-04:00Yes, could be an image of not only adult baptism b...Yes, could be an image of not only adult baptism but also of the sacrament of penance!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30594512593023280762010-10-13T09:08:01.548-04:002010-10-13T09:08:01.548-04:00Could one say that the image of the people embraci...Could one say that the image of the people embracing the rescued miners is like the Church welcoming back her lost sheep when they return to the Church?SqueekerLambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604597395421612386noreply@blogger.com