Benedict on Baptism
Code: ZE06011705
Date: 2006-01-17
Pope's Homily on Day of Baptisms in Sistine Chapel
"We Need to Say 'No' to Culture of Death"
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered without notes on Jan. 8, feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the day he baptized 10 infants in the Sistine Chapel. * * * Mass in the Sistine Chapel and Baptisms Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI Dear Parents and Godparents, Dear Brothers and Sisters, What happens in baptism? What do we hope for from baptism? You have given a response on the threshold of this chapel: We hope for eternal life for our children. This is the purpose of baptism. But how can it be obtained? How can baptism offer eternal life? What is eternal life? In simpler words, we might say: We hope for a good life, the true life, for these children of ours; and also for happiness in a future that is still unknown. We are unable to guarantee this gift for the entire span of the unknown future, so we turn to the Lord to obtain this gift from him. We can give two replies to the question, "How will this happen?" This is the first one: Through baptism each child is inserted into a gathering of friends who never abandon him in life or in death because these companions are God's family, which in itself bears the promise of eternity.
Date: 2006-01-17
Pope's Homily on Day of Baptisms in Sistine Chapel
"We Need to Say 'No' to Culture of Death"
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI delivered without notes on Jan. 8, feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the day he baptized 10 infants in the Sistine Chapel. * * * Mass in the Sistine Chapel and Baptisms Homily of His Holiness Benedict XVI Dear Parents and Godparents, Dear Brothers and Sisters, What happens in baptism? What do we hope for from baptism? You have given a response on the threshold of this chapel: We hope for eternal life for our children. This is the purpose of baptism. But how can it be obtained? How can baptism offer eternal life? What is eternal life? In simpler words, we might say: We hope for a good life, the true life, for these children of ours; and also for happiness in a future that is still unknown. We are unable to guarantee this gift for the entire span of the unknown future, so we turn to the Lord to obtain this gift from him. We can give two replies to the question, "How will this happen?" This is the first one: Through baptism each child is inserted into a gathering of friends who never abandon him in life or in death because these companions are God's family, which in itself bears the promise of eternity.
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