thinking of changing my birthday

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Does anyone on this forum think there is merit in, instead of celebrating our birthdays, we instead commemorate the anniversary of our baptism, wherein we were baptized into Christ’s death, and were truly born again, of water and the Spirit, and incorporated into Christ’s Church?
 
Indifferently said:
Does anyone on this forum think there is merit in, instead of celebrating our birthdays, we instead commemorate the anniversary of our baptism, wherein we were baptized into Christ’s death, and were truly born again, of water and the Spirit, and incorporated into Christ’s Church?
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It is a great thing to celebrate your baptism. But you were born on a certain day at a certain time. That is something one cannot change. Why don’t you just celebrate both?
 
Alternately, you could celebrate the feast/memorial of your patron saint. 😃
 
I don’t think one should preclude the other or your day of baptism be called an alternate birthday, but celebrating your baptism more enthusiastically than your birthday makes perfect sense.

I think birthdays should be more about giving thanks to your Mother. Possibly having a traditional birthday party for the child through the 18th, then the Child also gives a gift to his mother on his/her 18th and beyond, but no longer celebrates it for him or herself on the 19th and later birthdays.
 
Indifferently said:
Does anyone on this forum think there is merit in, instead of celebrating our birthdays, we instead commemorate the anniversary of our baptism, wherein we were baptized into Christ’s death, and were truly born again, of water and the Spirit, and incorporated into Christ’s Church?
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I celebrate both. There’s no need to exclude one or the other.
 
wmw said:
I don’t think one should preclude the other or your day of baptism be called an alternate birthday, but celebrating your baptism more enthusiastically than your birthday makes perfect sense.

I think birthdays should be more about giving thanks to your Mother. Possibly having a traditional birthday party for the child through the 18th, then the Child also gives a gift to his mother on his/her 18th and beyond, but no longer celebrates it for him or herself on the 19th and later birthdays.
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I thought that was what “Mother’s Day” was for. And what about the Father? I think he had a little part to play as well. 🙂
 
how about celebrating your conception day?

… no, that’s too horrible a thought.
 
Indifferently said:
Does anyone on this forum think there is merit in, instead of celebrating our birthdays, we instead commemorate the anniversary of our baptism, wherein we were baptized into Christ’s death, and were truly born again, of water and the Spirit, and incorporated into Christ’s Church?
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Why not do both?

It is not unusual, in my parish, for the altar flowers to be given on the anniversary of baptism, confirmation, or wedding. Perhaps a note in the Mass bulletin, mentioning it.

GKC
 
Fairwinds said:
how about celebrating your conception day?

… no, that’s too horrible a thought.
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No, it is an appropriate thought, more so now than when I was conceived and born. Some Catholics are calling for the Annunciation to be a Holy Day of Obligation, for the same reason. It does get a little more attention than it used to, thank God. Our actual conception day might not be exactly known, but we can chart a standard 9 months before our birthday. What really IS horrible is WHY we need to publicly celebrate our conception day nowadays, as a witness to the larger society.
 
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No, it is an appropriate thought, more so now than when I was conceived and born. Some Catholics are calling for the Annunciation to be a Holy Day of Obligation, for the same reason. It does get a little more attention than it used to, thank God. Our actual conception day might not be exactly known, but we can chart a standard 9 months before our birthday. What really IS horrible is WHY we need to publicly celebrate our conception day nowadays, as a witness to the larger society.
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its still an image I don’t care to dwell on.
 
SteveVH said:
I thought that was what “Mother’s Day” was for. And what about the Father? I think he had a little part to play as well. 🙂
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What now, I’ve got to rewrite the whole calendar for you? You can’t be thankful to your mother two days?

From the other posts it sounds like the day of conception is the one to be thankful to your Father.

I was just able to stick to the subject of Birthdays and Baptisms.
 
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