Infants as Vessels of Mercy #OTEM
Did you realize that infants are not only open to the Mercy of God but that they can be vessels of His mercy to you as well? Babies live in the present moment, in God’s presence. It might amaze many but according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church , infant baptism is another example that the Church recognizes the unseen Almighty can relate to a baby: The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth. continue reading