10 Pack - Baptism

Compiled by Angelus Press There are three types of Baptism. No, I am not talking about water, blood and desire. Nor am I speaking of immersion, infusion and aspersion. For a normal infant baptism (infusion with water, technically speaking), I have witnessed, "chaotic baptism," "clueless baptism" and "orderly and intelligent baptism." What, you may ask, am I talking about? In "chaotic baptism," there are generally a bunch of people and the priest shows up with two or three rituals - all of which are shared, tugged at or fought over by the attendees. At a "clueless baptism," there may be a few rituals present, perhaps some St. Andrew Daily Missals (with its incomplete Rite of Baptism) and those who are not fortunate enough to have one of the above stand silently and make as much sense of things as possible. Lastly, "orderly and intelligent baptism." There is one essential ingredient, and that is that everyone in attendance have a copy of the Rite of Baptism in English and Latin. There ar