YOUCAT Question n. 200 - Part IV. What happens in Baptism?
(Youcat answer - repeated) In Baptism
we become members of the Body of Christ, sisters and brothers of our Redeemer, and
children of God. We are freed from sin, snatched from death, and destined from
then on for a life in the joy of the redeemed.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
1268) The baptized have
become "living stones" to be "built into a spiritual house, to
be a holy priesthood" (1 Pet 2:5). By Baptism they share in the priesthood
of Christ, in his prophetic and royal mission. They are "a chosen race, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that [they] may declare the
wonderful deeds of him who called [them] out of darkness into his marvelous
light" (1 Pet 2:9). Baptism gives a
share in the common priesthood of all believers.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Being baptized means that my
personal life story is submerged in the stream of God’s love. “Our life”, says
Pope Benedict XVI, “now belongs to Christ, and no longer to ourselves. At his
side and, indeed, drawn up in his love, we are freed from fear. He enfolds us
and carries us wherever we may go—he who is Life itself” (April 7, 2007).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
1269) Having become a
member of the Church, the person baptized belongs no longer to himself, but to
him who died and rose for us (Cf. 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 5:15). From now on, he is
called to be subject to others, to serve them in the communion of the Church,
and to "obey and submit" to the Church's leaders (Heb 13:17), holding
them in respect and affection (Cf. Eph 5:21; 1 Cor 16:15-16; 1 Thess 5:12-13;
Jn 13:12-15). Just as Baptism is the source of responsibilities and duties, the
baptized person also enjoys rights within the Church: to receive the
sacraments, to be nourished with the Word of God and to be sustained by the
other spiritual helps of the Church (Cf. LG 37; CIC, cann. 208-223; CCEO, can.
675:2).
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