YOUCAT Lesson 200, part 1 of 3 parts
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic youth
200 What happens in Baptism?
In Baptism we become members of the Body of Christ, sisters
and brothers of our Redeemer, and children of God. We are freed from sin, snatched from death,
and destined from then on for a life in the joy of the redeemed. [1262-1274,
1279-1280]
…….Stained glass window: …..Baptism of
Christ by Tiffany .....200
Being baptized means that my person life story is submerged
in the stream of God’s love. “Our life”,
says Pope Benedict XVI, “now belongs to Christ, and no longer to ourselves…At
his side and, indeed, drawn up in his love, we are freed from fear. He enfolds us and carries us wherever we may
go—he who is Life itself” (April 7, 2007).
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“And if (we are) children, then heirs, heirs of God and
fellow heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17
…….THE GRACE OF BAPTISM
…….1262 The
different effects of Baptism are signified by the perceptible elements of the
sacramental rite. Immersion in water symbolizes not only death and
purification, but also regeneration and renewal. Thus the two principal effects
are purification from sins and new birth in the Holy Spirit (compare Acts of the Apostles 2:38; John 3:5)65 –Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second
Edition
…….1263
By
Baptism all sins are forgiven,
original sin and all personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin. (compare Council of Florence (1439): Denzinger-Schönmetzer
1316)66 In
those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into
the Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor personal sin, nor the consequences
of sin, the gravest of which is separation from God. –CCC
…….1264 Yet
certain temporal consequences of sin remain in the baptized, such as suffering,
illness, death, and such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of character,
and so on, as well as an inclination to sin that Tradition calls concupiscence,
or metaphorically, "the tinder for sin" (fomes peccati); since
concupiscence "is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot harm those who do
not consent but manfully resist it by the grace of Jesus Christ."( Council of Trent (1546):
Denzinger-Schönmetzer 1515)67 Indeed, "an athlete is not crowned
unless he competes according to the rules."( 2
Timothy 2:5)68 –CCC
…….1265
Baptism
not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte "a new
creature," an adopted son of God, who has become a "partaker of the
divine nature,"( 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Peter 1:4; compare Galatians 4:5-7)69 member
of Christ and co-heir with him,( compare 1 Corinthians 6:15;1 Cor 12:27; Romans 8:17)70 and a temple of the Holy
Spirit.(compare 1 Corinthians 6:19)71 –CCC
…….1266 The
Most Holy Trinity gives the baptized sanctifying grace, the grace of justification:
- enabling them to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love him through the theological virtues;
- giving them the power to live and act under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the gifts of the Holy Spirit;
- allowing them to grow in goodness through the moral virtues.
Thus the whole organism of the Christian's supernatural life has its roots in Baptism. –CCC
- enabling them to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love him through the theological virtues;
- giving them the power to live and act under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the gifts of the Holy Spirit;
- allowing them to grow in goodness through the moral virtues.
Thus the whole organism of the Christian's supernatural life has its roots in Baptism. –CCC
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