Sunday Communion Service and Baptism of Four babies

This week has been quite a very busy week for me. Besides my birthday falling on this week, the parish was filled with lots of activities such as talks and communal Holy Hour on every Thursday. I did the exposition and Benediction afterwards. Then on Friday, My Birthday came, it so happened that I had to travel back to my home Parish in Bawku to sit in with my others three Ghanaian Deacons for a meeting with the Ordination Planning Committee so I got tosee my Mother and some family members.

 I cannot believe it that my Priestly Ordination is less than 90 days. In fact as I write now it is 80 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes and 40 seconds to the Ordination. Am I counting??? Maybe! But I just think it is cool and it is helping me to continue to focus on the Lord who has called me to do his work.

This Past Sunday, I went to an Outstation/ Mission Parish for a Communion Service and also baptized four infants.

 

 

Reception

 

 Baptism

 

Offertory, the people in their poverty brought all they had to offer

 

An act of faith-this old man came for me to bless him after the Service

Group Picture of the parents and Godparents of the Baptized infants

First Baptisms in Ghana as a Deacon

The Lord promised his chosen people through the prophet Ezekiel that

"I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God."

Ezekiel 36:24-28

 In light of this Jesus continue this teaching of Baptism when he told Nicodemos that, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit"

John 3:5.

This past weekend, many parents brought their children for baptism after going through the appropriate required instruction. I baptized ten infants and I was very happy that Jesus Christ was receiving these children and was not only going to wash away their sins and welcome them into the church, but was going to in a very special way bless each of them. It made me remember my own baptism as an infant and how my parents and Godparents had to stand in for me. I am grateful today that this best thing (Baptism) happened to me. I belong to Christ now and so are these babies who were Baptized, and so are you.

Reception of the infants infront of the Minor Basilica

 

 Reception of the infants infront of the Minor Basilica

 

Celebration of the rite 
 

Group Picture after Baptism