What is the most holy color?
What is the most holy color?
Byzantine Rite
| Colour | Common usage |
|---|---|
| Red | Holy Thursday Feast of the Cross Beheading of St. John the Baptist Feasts of Martyrs Nativity Fast Apostles’ Fast |
| Green | Palm Sunday Pentecost Feasts of Venerable (Monastic) Saints |
| Black | Weekdays during Great Lent Weekdays during Holy Week (except Holy Thursday) |
Can an unbaptized person baptize another person?
In the Catholic Church today, people are usually baptized as infants by a priest or deacon. There are extreme cases, however, when even an unbaptized person can baptize someone. All that is required is the will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian Baptismal formula.
How do you baptize someone in the Catholic Church?
Guide the person backwards into the water. By it’s earliest definition, to be baptized means to be submerged under water. Gently lower the person backwards into the water until their body is all the way under. If the person is small, their feet may come up off of the ground when they are fully submerged.
Do you want a small-church feel from your pastor?
No one likes confrontation or the idea that they have disappointed someone. He may be a pastor, but he’s still human. Are you at a large church where your pastor is a little far removed from most of his congregation? Wanting a small-church feel from your large church pastor might not be realistic.
Can a deacon baptize someone without a priest’s permission?
However, priests do have the authority to do baptisms without the permission of the bishop and sometimes delegate the responsibility to a deacon if one is available. In the Catholic Church today, people are usually baptized as infants by a priest or deacon. There are extreme cases, however, when even an unbaptized person can baptize someone.