I remember this political lobbyist in Albany, NY. She said the same thing about herself. She was no good at parties and such, but everyone knew she was great at public talks. She also wrote persuasive articles. I suppose the organisation that sponsored her sent somebody else to parties!
We have always invited the priest over to the house. Sometimes it is the best way to actually get any time with a priest. We have moved several times and each time we find a parish we invite the priest over for dinner. He blesses the house as well. It has lead to many great theological and political discussions and is a very very good way to help the priest feel part of the community. But many priests are busy so if you are inviting a priest for a specific party please please please do not be offended of hurt if he cannot make it.Would it be weird to invite the priest over to our house? My new baby is going to be baptized in December and that afternoon we are going to have a joint birthday party for my daughter and baptism celebration for him. We have a new priest that I really like, and I thought about inviting him over to celebrate with us. Is that weird? There will be non-Catholics present too because of the birthday party.
It’s a nice gesture to invite your priest, whether or not he can attend. What jumped out at me from your post however, and what I’m responding to, is that you’re going to wait until next month to baptize your baby. With all due respect, I would urge you to have it sooner, as soon as possible. Why would you deprive your child of sanctifying grace for one minute longer than necessary? You can still have the celebration at your daughter’s birthday party, even if the baby was baptized weeks earlier. Listen to this sermon: audiosancto.org/sermon/20131215-The-Importance-of-Timely-Baptism.html. The priest quotes from the Catechism of the Council of Trent: “The faithful are earnestly to be exhorted to take care that their children be brought to the church, as soon as it can be done with safety, to receive solemn Baptism. Since infant children have no other means of salvation except Baptism, we may easily understand how grievously those persons sin who permit them to remain without the grace of the Sacrament longer than necessity may require, particularly at an age so tender as to be exposed to numberless dangers of death.” (ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/BAPTISM.TXT)Would it be weird to invite the priest over to our house? My new baby is going to be baptized in December and that afternoon we are going to have a joint birthday party for my daughter and baptism celebration for him. We have a new priest that I really like, and I thought about inviting him over to celebrate with us. Is that weird? There will be non-Catholics present too because of the birthday party.
They are baptizing their baby quickly and under the direction of the parish that is under direction of the priest. You believe the parish is erring by scheduling it a month from now? What authority do you have to make that claim?It’s a nice gesture to invite your priest, whether or not he can attend. What jumped out at me from your post however, and what I’m responding to, is that you’re going to wait until next month to baptize your baby. With all due respect, I would urge you to have it sooner, as soon as possible. Why would you deprive your child of sanctifying grace for one minute longer than necessary? You can still have the celebration at your daughter’s birthday party, even if the baby was baptized weeks earlier. Listen to this sermon: audiosancto.org/sermon/20131215-The-Importance-of-Timely-Baptism.html. The priest quotes from the Catechism of the Council of Trent: “The faithful are earnestly to be exhorted to take care that their children be brought to the church, as soon as it can be done with safety, to receive solemn Baptism. Since infant children have no other means of salvation except Baptism, we may easily understand how grievously those persons sin who permit them to remain without the grace of the Sacrament longer than necessity may require, particularly at an age so tender as to be exposed to numberless dangers of death.” (ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/BAPTISM.TXT)
I’m not trying to criticize you or give you a hard time. Many people are not aware of the requirement to baptize babies quickly. God bless you and congratulations on your new baby.
My baby was born 3 weeks early after 2 weeks on bedrest and my parish requires that we take 3 classes prior to baptism, so I could not take the classes until November. The next available date for me to baptize him is not until December. They set the date, not meIt’s a nice gesture to invite your priest, whether or not he can attend. What jumped out at me from your post however, and what I’m responding to, is that you’re going to wait until next month to baptize your baby. With all due respect, I would urge you to have it sooner, as soon as possible. Why would you deprive your child of sanctifying grace for one minute longer than necessary? You can still have the celebration at your daughter’s birthday party, even if the baby was baptized weeks earlier. Listen to this sermon: audiosancto.org/sermon/20131215-The-Importance-of-Timely-Baptism.html. The priest quotes from the Catechism of the Council of Trent: “The faithful are earnestly to be exhorted to take care that their children be brought to the church, as soon as it can be done with safety, to receive solemn Baptism. Since infant children have no other means of salvation except Baptism, we may easily understand how grievously those persons sin who permit them to remain without the grace of the Sacrament longer than necessity may require, particularly at an age so tender as to be exposed to numberless dangers of death.” (ewtn.com/library/DOCTRINE/BAPTISM.TXT)
I’m not trying to criticize you or give you a hard time. Many people are not aware of the requirement to baptize babies quickly. God bless you and congratulations on your new baby.
Its actually kind of common. The guy who founded BNI (Business Networking International, a large organization for people to network and refer business) is actually an introvert. In social situations he isn’t good, but when its structured, he does just fine.