Page 402 - Special Occasion Prayers

402 Sacraments of Initiation
CEL: By day the Lord commands his steadfast love;
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.

ALL: Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him,
My help and my God.

CEL: Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.

ALL: From eternity and forever. Amen.

CEL: "Unless one is born of water and the Spirit
He cannot enter the kingdom of God."

SER: Let us pray. Peace be with us.

The celebrant, extending his right hand over the head of the
child, and with the palm downwards, says the following
prayer:

CEL: Lord, You who said: "Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you", ful-
fill this gracious promise in this servant. You have given Your
gift not only to the wise and to the intelligent, but also to chil-
dren. Your mercy has led this child to the waters of baptism. You
have enabled him (her) to a new life by a spiritual birth. May this
servant, who now becomes a member of Your mystical body,
grow bodily and spiritually by the reception of the sacraments.
Together with this child, we thank you for the gift given to this
servant. Now and always + and for-ever. (blesses the child)

ALL: Amen.

The celebrant asks the ,following questions and the godpar-
ents answer for the child:

CEL: Do you desire to be freed from the slavery of Satan?

ANS: I do.

CEL: Do you abandon sin and the ways of sin?