Marked as Christ's Own
This morning Bishop Katharine preached on the Transfiguration of Jesus. She called it a "revealing moment" when God shone forth as a reminder that we are all beloved of God. She then proceeded to baptize Baby Z and Little L. M2 was so generous - letting the Godmother's (Moi and LG) hold the babies. We processed in carrying them and held them through out the service, including the baptism when Bishop Katharine poured water over their tiny heads. We used the baptism liturgy from the New Zealand Prayer Book. It was amazing. Here are some photos....
Bishop Katharine processing in:
I Will With God's Help...
I baptize you in the name of...(Baby Z)
M2 with Baby Z, Bishop Katharine, Moi with Little L, LG
Baby Z has sleep apnea (common with preemies) so, she is on a monitor...
Bishop Katharine processing in:
I Will With God's Help...
I baptize you in the name of...(Baby Z)
M2 with Baby Z, Bishop Katharine, Moi with Little L, LG
Baby Z has sleep apnea (common with preemies) so, she is on a monitor...
Comments
Beautiful, wonderful, happy, glorious, bright, colorful, Spirit filled, loving, family and community day.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you for sharing such wonder with us...
How wonderfuL!
Deb
Katie was also baptized on Transfiguration Sunday five years ago(well, the Saturday before in a special service) and yesterday was Nicholas' birthday, so we were celebrating too.
(And I have to admit to loving this saga in part because it brings back such wonderful memories of my own now 23yodss.)
I've been toying with trying out the Episcopal Church that the synagogue uses. I belong to a Catholic lesbian group, but can't bring myself to go back to that church and the Episcopal church seems so much more human, yet close to what I know.
Are these two mothers?
CP - you may find a very welcoming church in the Episcopal world, sometimes you have to try more than one because we can each be very different than another. The worship service will feel very familiar. And we are wrestling deeply with what it means, truly means, to be inclusive, and to remember that we are beloved of God - which was also part of Bp K sermon that morning. (Well and is the theme of many of my sermons too)...