{"id":117,"date":"2022-04-08T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T14:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymetamora.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:44:48","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Baptism is the best gift we have received. Through it, we belong to God and we possess the joy of salvation.<\/strong>&#8220;<br><\/p>\n<cite><em>Pope Francis<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-1536x1078.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-2048x1437.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/iStock-523162096-full-1500x1053.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cGo, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you\u201d (Matthew 28:19-20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Baptism, God enables us to participate in his life in Jesus Christ and make us his children. It is through Baptism that we receive the Holy Spirit and become members of the People of God. By baptism, God purifies us from sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baptism for the children of the age of reason or older is through our Order of Christian Initiation (OCIA) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Arrangements for your child\u2019s Baptism are made by contacting Father Kipfer at the Parish Office (309-367-4407).\u00a0.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Baptism is the best gift we have received. Through it, we belong to God and we possess the joy of salvation.&#8220; Pope Francis \u201cGo, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to\u2026<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/baptism\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&nbsp;><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1211,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/1211"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}