Nicholas dearest,
Today is a very important and meaningful day. You received the sacrament of baptism and is now freed from the power of darkness (original sin) and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called....
Fr John-Paul came to the hospital for the baptism. Your Gong Gong and Xiao-Yi came to witness this special occasion and unfortunately your Er-Yi is tied down with work, she sends her love and said she will visit you tonight. Your PoPo can't be there too because she's helping to take care of Ni Ni. Your Jie Jie is away at a specially sponsored camp.
Today is a very important and meaningful day. You received the sacrament of baptism and is now freed from the power of darkness (original sin) and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called....
Fr John-Paul came to the hospital for the baptism. Your Gong Gong and Xiao-Yi came to witness this special occasion and unfortunately your Er-Yi is tied down with work, she sends her love and said she will visit you tonight. Your PoPo can't be there too because she's helping to take care of Ni Ni. Your Jie Jie is away at a specially sponsored camp.
Your Xiao-Yi is your god-mother officially - now rests an important task on her shoulders :)
Mommy's heart was warmed that your Daddy was there and readily participated in the baptism as a parent. Daddy will be back to work tomorrow and mommy needs to be strong when I am left along to visit you .... For you, for Ni Ni and Jie Jie, mommy will be strong, because you are even stronger than mommy. Since you have to go through all these pain, how can mommy display any weakness? We will walk this path together....
Just as we left the hospital around lunch time, the nurses said your tube feeding will be increased to 10ml every 3 hourly. We are praying that you can digest the feed well with no aspirates. Stride on Go Go!!!
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Peter explained what happens at baptism when he said, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). But he did not restrict this teaching to adults. He added, "For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him" (2:39). We also read: "Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name" (Acts 22:16). These commands are universal, not restricted to adults. Further, these commands make clear the necessary connection between baptism and salvation, a connection explicitly stated in 1 Peter 3:21: "Baptism . . . now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
"Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God’" (Luke 18:15–16).
Mommy's heart was warmed that your Daddy was there and readily participated in the baptism as a parent. Daddy will be back to work tomorrow and mommy needs to be strong when I am left along to visit you .... For you, for Ni Ni and Jie Jie, mommy will be strong, because you are even stronger than mommy. Since you have to go through all these pain, how can mommy display any weakness? We will walk this path together....
Just as we left the hospital around lunch time, the nurses said your tube feeding will be increased to 10ml every 3 hourly. We are praying that you can digest the feed well with no aspirates. Stride on Go Go!!!
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Peter explained what happens at baptism when he said, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38). But he did not restrict this teaching to adults. He added, "For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him" (2:39). We also read: "Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name" (Acts 22:16). These commands are universal, not restricted to adults. Further, these commands make clear the necessary connection between baptism and salvation, a connection explicitly stated in 1 Peter 3:21: "Baptism . . . now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
"Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God’" (Luke 18:15–16).
Dearest Nicholas,
ReplyDeleteSorry Auntie is not able to be there to witness this special moment of yours.
Continue to be brave and strong and a blessing to your family. You are very blessed coz you have a wonderful family with the best parents one could ever have.
I am looking forward to holding you and giving you kisses when you get home.
Jia You!
LOve,
Natalie, Zachary, Uncle Gary and Aunty TH