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After we confess our sins, it is customary for the priest to recommend an Act of Penance or some "satisfaction" for the offenses.
The Catholic Church treasures the Sacrament of Penance. Many parishes offer a communal celebration of penance, especially during Advent or Lent.
Whenever Catholics celebrate Baptism at Mass, all the faithful renew their Baptismal promises.
After you were baptized, your name was inscribed in the Baptism register of the Catholic parish where the event took place.
Parents of a newborn sometimes discover that their child, tragically, may not live long enough to be brough to church for Baptism. In the sadness of this moment, the Church longs to comfort parents by keeping Baptism as close as a cup of water.
At the start of a Baptism, parents hear two questions. The first is, "What name do you give your child?" (Order of Baptism for Children, 37).
