Baptism in a different way

Enrique is a friend of  mine, and had his baby born a few months ago, so he shared with me the story of the Baptism of his child. This type of events are a good opportunity to increase the friendship and of course a good way to do some networking.

In Mexico, in the Catholic Church the Baptism is done in a traditional way, this means that the Parents and Godparents go to the church, and after taking some classes, they could ask to Baptize the child. Then you choose a specific day to return to the church and the Priest starts Baptizing all the Children. This religious rite is done by pouring some Holy Water over the child's head. This is done in the Mexican Tradition.

In the case of Enrique, they had to travel to an American Church to ask for his kid to be Baptized. When they arrived to the Parish, the where asked if they wanted the Traditional Baptism or the Immersion Baptism, At the beginning, and without any knowledge, they choose the traditional one, the one I described before. But when they discover what an Immersion Baptism was, they give a second thought and ask for a change.

Instead of describing what happened at the Baptism, I want to share with you the following video so you can have the complete image of what happen at this type of ceremonies;

The elements that caught my attention of this ceremony where, that the water of this pool should be all Holy Water, that the Priest keeps his complete Cassock even if he is half body into the water. You may observe that in this pool are also stairs to walk in and walk out, for sure those are used to Baptize elder people.

The next thing you may watch is the Priest experience when he immerse the kid inside the water, on the first two times the boy just touches with his back the water, but in the third time, he is submerged completely into the water, and he didn't look worried at all. The best thing about this ceremony is that Parents and Godparents enjoy the moment and will always remember it.

If you had the opportunity, how do you like your Baptism to be? Tell us about it.