Choose a topic from Part 3a:
1. Instruction is to precede baptism, for our Lord said(Matt. 28:19): "Going therefore, teach ye all nations,baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and ofthe Holy Ghost." Infants who are incapable of receivingpersonal instruction, are baptized in the faith of theChurch. Yet the sponsor for an infant promises to use his bestefforts to see that the child will be duly instructed.
2. Exorcism, which is the casting out of evil spirits,should precede baptism. For the devil is the enemy of man'ssalvation, and he has a certain power over man in the fact that manis subject to sin.
3. The exorcism casts out demons lest they impede thesalvation of the person baptized. In the ritual employed by theChurch for solemn baptism, this exorcism is prescribed.
4. It is the work of priests to instruct and exorcisethose preparing for baptism, and afterwards to baptize them.
"It is vanity to be concerned with the present only and not to make provision for things to come."
Thomas á Kempis
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"As the flesh is nourished by food, so is man supported by prayers"
St Augustine
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"We must not be behind time in doing good; for death will not be behind his time. "
St Phillip Neri
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