Rite of Sacrament of Initiation

PRIEST : N. what do you ask of God’s Church? have to face the world with its temptations and
fight the devil in all his cunning.
CANDIDATE : FAITH
Your Son died and rose again to save us. By his
PRIEST : What does faith offer you? victory over sin and death, bring (him/her) out
of the power of darkness. Strengthen (him/her)
CANDIDATE : ETERNAL LIFE at every step in life’s journey. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.
PRIEST : This is eternal life: to know the ALL : AMEN
true God and the one He sent, Jesus Christ.
God raised him from the dead to be the Lord PRIEST : May you have strength in the
of life and of all things, seen and unseen. In power of Christ our Savior,
asking for Baptism today you ask for this life. who lives and reigns forever
You would not do so unless you had come to and ever.
know Christ and wanted to be his disciple.
ALL : AMEN
Have you completed your preparation for
becoming a Christian? CEREMONY OF BAPTISM

PRIEST : Dear friends, let us invoke the

CANDIDATE : I HAVE mercy of God Almighty for N. who is asking for
baptism. He has called (him/her) and brought
PRIEST : Have you listened to Christ’s (him/her) at this hour. May he enlighten
word and made up your (him/her) encourage (him/her) so that (he/she)
mind to keep his may belong steadfast to Christ and profess the
commandments? faith of the Christ and profess the faith of the
Church May he give (him/her) the newness of
CANDIDATE : I HAVE life in the Holy Spirit.

PRIEST : Have you shared in our way of RENUNCIATION AND PROFESSION OF FAITH
life and in our prayer?
PRIEST : Do you reject Satan?
CANDIDATE : I HAVE CANDIDATE : I DO

PRIEST : (To the Godparents), Do you PRIEST : And all his works?
think in sincerity before CANDIDATE : I DO
God that this candidate is
worthy to be admitted to the PRIEST : And all his empty promises?
Sacraments of Christian CANDIDATE : I DO
Initiation?
PRIEST : Do you believe in God, the
Father almighty creator of heaven and earth?
GODPARENTS : I DO
CANDIDATE : I DO
PRIEST : You have spoken in this
candidate’s favor. Will you PRIEST : Do you believe in Jesus Christ,
His only son, our Lord, who was born of the
continue to help Virgin Mary, died and was buried. He rose from
him/her to serve Christ by your word the death and is now seated at the right hand
and example? of the Father?

GODPARENTS : I WILL CANDIDATE : I DO

PRIEST : Do you believe in the Holy Spirit,
PRIEST : Let us pray the Holy Catholic church, the communion of
Father of love and mercy, we thank you in the Saints, the forgiveness of sin, the resurrection
name of our brother/sister N. who has of the body and life everlasting?
experienced your guiding presence in his/her
life. Today, in the presence of your Church, CANDIDATE : I DO
he/she is answering your call to faith: let
RITE OF BAPTISM
him/her find joy and fulfillment in his/her new
life. We ask this through Christ our Lord PRIEST : N. I baptize you in the name of
the Father, and of the Son
ALL : AMEN and of the Holy Spirit.
PRAYER OF EXORCISM ANOINTING WITH CHRISM

PRIEST : Almighty God, You sent your PRIEST : God the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ has freed you from sin, given you a new
only Son to rescue us from the slavery of sin birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and
and to give us the freedom only your sons and welcomed you into his holy people. He anoints
daughters enjoy. We now pray for N. who will

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you now with the Chrism of Salvation. As Christ Christ. Christ gives varied gifts to his Church,
was anointed Priest, Prophet and King, so may and the Spirit distributes them among the
you live always as member of His body, sharing members of Christ’s body to build up the holy
everlasting life. people of God in unity and love.
ALL : AMEN Be active member/s of the Church, alive in
Jesus Christ. Under the guidance of the Holy
IMPOSITION OF WHITE CLOTH Spirit give your (life/lives) completely in the
service of all, as did Christ, who came not to be
PRIEST : N. you have become a new served but to serve.
creation and have been clothed yourself in
Christ, receive this garment, keep it without LAYING OF HANDS
stain before the tribunal of our Lord Jesus
Christ and may you receive everlasting life in PRIEST : My dear friends, in baptism God
heaven. our Father gave the new birth of eternal life to
his chosen (son/daughter/children). Let us pray
LIGHTING OF CANDLE to our Father that he will pour out the Holy
Spirit to strengthen his (son/daughter/children)
PRIEST : Godparents, please come with his gifts and anoint (him/her/them) to be
forward to give the newly baptized the light of more like Christ the Son of God.
Christ
ALL PRAY IN SILENCE
N. You become light in Christ. May you always
walk in the light of Christ, persevere in your PRIEST : All powerful God, Father of our
faith, and with all the saints in heaven, meet Lord Jesus Christ, by water and the Holy Spirit
Christ when he will come. you freed your (son/daughter/children) from
sin and gave (him/her/them) new life.
ALL : AMEN
Send your Holy Spirit upon (him/her/them) to
RITE OF CONFIRMATION be (his/her/their) helper and guide. Give
(him/her/them) the spirit of wisdom and
PRIEST : On the day of Pentecost the understanding, the spirit of right judgment and
apostles received the Holy Spirit as the Lord courage, the spirit of knowledge and reverence.
has promised. They also received the power of Fill (him/her/them) with the spirit of wonder
giving the Holy Spirit to others and so and awe in your presence. We ask this through
completing the work of baptism. This we read Christ our Lord.
in the Acts of the Apostles. When Saint Paul
baptized, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ALL : AMEN
they began to speak in other languages and in  
prophetic words.
Bishops are successors of the apostles and ANOINTING WITH CHRISM
have this power of giving the Holy Spirit to the
baptized, either personally or through the (Priest dips his right thumb in the chrism and makes the
sign of the cross on the forehead of the one to be
priests they appoint. confirmed as he says,)
In our days the coming of the Holy Spirit in PRIEST : N. be sealed with the gift the
confirmation is no longer marked by the gift of gifts of the Holy Spirit.
tongues, but we know his coming by faith. He
fills our hearts with the love of God, different CANDIDATE : AMEN
vocations, and works within us to make the
church one and holy. PRIEST : Peace be with you.

The gift of the Holy Spirit, which you are to CANDIDATE : AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT
receive will be a spiritual sign and seal to make
you more like Christ and more perfect PRIEST : May Almighty God Bless you,
members of his Church. At his baptism by John, the Father, the Son and the
Christ himself was anointed by the Spirit and Holy Spirit.
sent out on his public ministry to set the world
on fire. ALL : AMEN

You have already been baptized into Christ and PRIEST : Let us go to be witness to Christ.
now you will receive the power of his Spirit and
the sign of the cross on your forehead. You
must be witness/es before all the world to his ALL : THANKS BE TO GOD.
suffering, death and resurrection, your way of
life you should at all times reflect the goodness