Of course, the birth of a child is a divine gift. However, in order to fully imagine the baby before the Lord and allow the child to be reborn not in the earthly, but in the spiritual world, you need to christen him and call him a name by which he will be known to God.
What is baptism?
The baptism of a child is a sacrament, his first acquaintance with God and spiritual birth. This is not just a rite or a beautiful tradition, as it is often perceived in modern society, it is something more and deeper. When a child is baptized, they cleanse them of original sin, present it to God, and name a patron who will accompany him and protect all earthly life. At baptism, a blessing of God is given to a person, which he undertakes not only to preserve and preserve, but also to increase him and share with others.
Current trends are such that many not fully believing parents baptize children only to pay tribute to traditions or to “not jinx the child”. Although their motives are not entirely correct, the very fact that the children are still betrayed by the baptismal rite is already positive.
When to baptize a child
When to baptize a child, in infancy or conscious age, the matter of choosing his parents. However, the church recommends not delaying this and christening the child after 40 days from the date of his birth, because it is after 40 days that the original sin is removed from the mother of the child and she is allowed to go to church.
Before a child reaches 7 years of age, the rite of baptism takes place only with the help of godparents, who accept the blessing of God and renounce Satan for the baby and undertake to be his guides to the world of God and the church.
