This sacrament introduce a person into the life of the Christian community, which is a life based on God's love for us. We are therefore always urged to love one another, in his image and likeness.

We say that we are "baptized into Christ's death and resurrection". This phrase means that in baptism, Christ opens us to the experience of his total commitment to us that his dying for us symbolizes. He once said "what greater love can one have than to lay down one's life for one's friends." Well, in baptism, we enter into that "greater love" that draws us into the life of God, the life of the Risen Christ.

For information about Preparation to Baptism click here.

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