New Member of the Body

This Sunday after the offering of the Holy Sacrifice, we had the joy of a new baby being baptised into the Catholic Church. For us in our community it was a great source of joy, especially for Father. Undergoing this laver of regeneration, the child is now sanctified, adopted as a child of God, made a temple of the Holy Spirit and a partaker of the Divine Nature. It is humbling to realise that this young boy was made the holiest person in church that day.
I ask you all to pray for him and his parents, that he may advance in holiness and endure faithfully to the end. The vocation to marriage and parenthood is a sublime call, where not only is your own soul at stake, but that of your spouse and your children as well. Through their example, prayers and guidance, the child is prepared not for employment or schooling, but must be equipped for heaven. To fail in such a duty is a grievous sin, yet the Lord never abandons us and His grace is always present for fallen men. Let us pray that the child will not stain his baptismal garment and will become a channel of grace for the rest of the community in which he resides.

Holy Virgin, intercede for the parents that they may raise up a saint in their midst by the constant grace of our Lord Christ.