hello there this is actually shapes of media gasps greeting you from the Archdiocese sibling in the group and welcoming you to the light of faith at baptism the most important element that we use is water so we pour water on the baby or the person to be baptized and we say i baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit why water what is the symbolism of water first and foremost water symbolizes life without water we cannot live without water we would die so when we pour water on the person to be baptized will actually bring the person into the life of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit so baptism is an entry into the life of the church it is an entry into the life of the Holy Trinity because we enter into the life of the Holy Trinity water being symbol of life means that we are born again that we are reborn and we have become children of God until now this baby is the child of his mother and his father but after about the same because the baby has received new life this baby becomes the sister or the brother of his own parents or her own parents that is the first meaning of baptism and three into the new life of the father the son of the Holy Spirit and entry into the new life of the Christian community the church second water is also a symbol of death we can drown in water water is also a symbol of death because when we get carried away by the current of the river or the deep ocean or the floods we can die and we have heard many stories of people dying because of water so at baptism when we pour water there is also the same of dying when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea they passed through the Red Sea that is our that is that was their Exodus that was their liberation you know when we baptize when we get baptized when we baptize our babies as priests we let them experience dying dying to sin as the baby committed sin he has not committed a sin but he is a state of weakness he is incapable of saving himself he is incapable of helping himself and that is in our theology called original sin original sin meaning to say there is an inborn incapacity there is an inborn defect in all of us to save ourselves we cannot help it we are in adequate we are incapable of saving ourselves so by the act of pouring water the sin is ground so to speak by the after pouring water the sin is washed away so to speak and we drown and we bring we bring death to see the third meaning of water in Baptism is cleansing as you wash your hands with water as we take a bath with water baptism is also cleansing it cleanses us from sin it cleanses us from our weaknesses and it forgives sins that is why if you are baptized as an adult the sins that are forgiven are not only the actual sins but also original sin the inborn defect is forgiven but also the actual assisted you have done before baptism as an adult are also forgiven brothers and sisters in Christ but person is such an important sacrament that you cannot receive the other sacraments without it in fact john xxiii called us laypeople as the eighth sacrament and after we are baptized we become the sacrament of other people for the world the Christian is the eighth sacrament when people see us they should see no longer as the cry citing through us bad person it is such an important sacrament it is the door that opens to all the sacraments lastly in case of emergency for example a baby is in danger of death anyone can take clean water and using the formula of baptism he can say to the baby in danger of death i baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and this baby is to be born into the Christian family the sins are washed away and then if death is it's brought there is death to his sin my dear brothers and sisters in Christ appreciate Madison rediscover baptism when you see water remember it kills it gives life it washes when you see water remember baptism when you see water remember the love of God for you thank you for being with us to the light of day and I encourage you to know the Lord even more so though our face even more if there is a rich treasure waiting for us there is a rich treasure waiting to be discovered by all of us do not get tired people loving the Lord because the Lord loves you very much and he wants to be told he wants to devout Catholic you you