St. Michael Catholic Church
Baptism
BAPTISM:
Do you know the date of your Baptism? It was the most important day
of your life! We have been called, through our Baptism, to live the life
God wants for us. Baptism means I am plunged into the mystery of Jesus.
I can’t fully imagine what that means - Paul puts it clearly, “I live,
no longer I, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20. To live in “Christ
Jesus” every day through the grace of our Baptism is God’s awesome gift.
He loves us all very much. We are happy to announce that from December
2006 to the end of December 2007, 61 children, youth and adults have
been Baptized at St. Michael. Let us thank God for these new
parishioners and welcome them to St. Michael Church and Parish.
Baptism - first sacrament of belonging:
For too many Christians baptism is something that happened in the past
and rid us of original sin. While that is true, there is more. The most
startling effect of baptism is that we are not left orphans - God makes
us sons and daughters (members of the body of Christ) by sharing with us
divine life. All of the goodness we do in our life flows from the basic
relationship with the Almighty. Growing in our Easter faith means that
we are growing in our identity as those who are in intimate relationship
with God. Each time we say yes to doing God’s will - keeping his
commandments - we are growing in our intimate relationship with God.
Thus baptism is a sacrament that permeates all we are and everything we
do. At Easter we renewed our baptismal promises and all through the
Easter season we use the blessing and sprinkling of water to remind us
of our baptism. All this takes place at this particular time of the year
for good reason - that we equate our resurrection faith with growing in
our love of God.
Baptism Class at St Michael's Catholic Church-- If you have a child/children under the age of 7 to be baptized, you are required to attend a Baptism Class.
The Parish Office is located at 505 Broome Street, Fernandina Beach. For parents who wish to have their child baptized please call the Parish office at 261-3472 to make arrangements to attend a class.