Dumb question: what does my Baptism mean for my daily life?

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I’ve recently pondered this…what does my Baptism mean? What did it do? How does it make me different from a Jew or Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu ect.? How is it meant to affect my daily life? I feel dumb asking this, but if we don’t start with the simple and big questions, how can we expect to answer the tough little ones!?
 
Kid8,
Baptism does many things. First of all it wipes away the stain of original sin which we inherited from Adam and Eve. Secondly we are born again. We are born as creatures of sin but when we are Baptised we die to sin and are born again in Christ. We are also infused with the Holy Spirit at Baptism and the Sacramental Power of Sanctifying Grace.Now what does this do in everyday life? Well it is different for most people. At some point in your life often when you least expect it this Grace that we gain at Baptism kicks in and gets us through things we didn’t think possible. Or at times when we lose our faith or it is weakened somehow some way this Grace of Baptism brings us back to our faith.This may be a bad example but I compare Baptism to a childhood vaccination. You don’t see it work you don’t think about how it works but it gets the job done inside us. If Baptism is a vaccination of sorts then the Eucharist is the medicine of immortality as Saint Augustine so wonderfully put it. Hope this helps! God Bless!
 
Hi, Scapularkid8,
Baptism is the outward visible sign that we now belong to Christ. The cross made on the persons head at Baptism by the priest, parents and Godparents on our behalf , is a mark of that, as if Jesus is saying "Your mine " He came to live as the Holy Sprit in our soul at baptism .We are called to proclaim this to the world in our daily lives, to do what Jesus would do ,and be a good example to others, to do what He wills for you and not what we will for ourselves , and thats difficult, for me anyway. Thank goodness for the sacrament of reconcilliation, and the Eucharist.
 
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