Here at St. Anne in Seal Beach, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed after the 9 a.m. Mass and ends at 5 p.m. with Benediction. This "Day of Adoration" occurs every first Friday.
I look forward to this day of adoration because that's my personal retreat day. I spend my day in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Granted, I am still working (telecommuting), but I'm blessed that my main office is closed on Fridays (but as anyone in IT will tell you, when the main office is closed, that's when IT people go to work). In fact, I am writing this blog entry in front of the Blessed Sacrament now.
In between checking on the computers and meditating on the Sacrament of Baptism (that's chapter 6 of Doors to the Sacred, for those of you in R220), I am challenged by the concept of infant baptism. Before I go any further, disclaimer: this is my musings only, not what the Catholic Church teaches, and as such I am totally open for discussions for or against. Also, I haven't read the whole chapter, yet (it's so looong!), and so what I present here may be moot.
I was taught the concept of original sin, as I'm sure all of you also were taught. I didn't really think much about it at the time. I was maybe 7 or 8 and the thinking was: Sister said it, it must be true. That's basically the reason I was offered when I asked about infant baptism a few years later. Since I've never challenged the concept of original sin, I haven't questioned why we baptize babies, either. Until now.
As I understand it now, the only real reason why we want to baptize babies is to clean their soul of original sin. So, if I accept the concept of original sin, then I shouldn't have any problem with infant baptism. This is where it gets muddy. Jesus died for our sins. All of our sins. That's all sins in the past, present, and future. Where does it say that original sin is not part of that deal?
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