https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d en-us 2019-01-28 15:06:42 UTC 2023-03-04 19:18:39 UTC hello@padlet.com mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/324961499 Baptism is "the gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives access to the other sacraments". Baptism cleanses us of our sins and brings us to a new light and a new faith. We become members of Christ and the Church.]]> 2019-01-28 15:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/324961499 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327774980 a. Water is immersed on the person who wishes to be clean from Original Sin. Baptism means to "plunge" or to "immerse" and the "plunge" into the "water symbolizes the catechumen's burial into Christ's death". 
b. Baptism "signifies and brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one "can enter the kingdom of God.
c. Baptism is an "enlightenment" in which we learn to understand and we are now the light of God. ]]> 2019-02-05 14:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327774980 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327775014 a. The ones who receive this instruction are enlightened in their understanding of the Church and God.
b. Receiving, in Baptism, the Word, "the true light that enlightens every man," the one who is baptized has been "enlightened," and he or she becomes a "son or daughter of light," and becomes "light" him or herself.]]> 2019-02-05 14:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327775014 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327775038 a. "Hence Baptism is a bath of water in which the "imperishable seed" of the Word of God produces its life-giving effect" (1228).
b. God gives us life in a new way: even though we are alive and born on Earth, we now live with God in our hearts and guiding our lives. We become attached and start our relationship.]]> 2019-02-05 14:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/327775038 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338841223 1: ramp: threshold. enlightens the candidates who pray and guides them to Christ's grace. ramps carry us to the place we need to be, this one specifically going outside into nature and discovering truths you maybe couldnt find in the house.]]> 2019-03-07 13:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338841223 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338842430 2: liberation: this gate shows an escape through a fence symbolizing the escape from sin and the devil. headed towards the sea for cleansing.]]> 2019-03-07 13:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338842430 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338845724 3: oil pouring out: being showered in the holy spirit, encompassing the body and cleansing the soul. ]]> 2019-03-07 13:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/338845724 alesmes21_1 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/339964560 An airplane carries us to see new perspectives. Looking out the window of an airplane reminds me of God's love and his presence. Being up above the clouds looking down at everything below reminds of how God sees everything from this aerial view and how he looks down at us everyday. It reminds me that God looks down at us, his creations, because he loves and cares for us.]]> 2019-03-11 14:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/339964560 mhogan21_3 https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/339964947 Physical phenomenons of our earth like any mountain or sea bring light to God's power and love for us. 
REFLECTIONS are magnificent and confusing worldly phenomenons. God is so mysterious yet so clearly filling our hearts and minds with wonder and assurance.
its a sacrament since it expresses god's divinity and love that he reflects on us spiritually. ]]> 2019-03-11 14:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alesmes21_1/kwski94u0f3d/wish/339964947