Elspeth's friend Michael was christened into the Catholic Church today. The priest was very helpful for those members of the small group attending, explaining the ceremony and symbolism, so that the non-Catholics could get some impression of the commitment being made by the family and friends. As a [reasonably] regular church attender, Elspeth was asking when the songs would be as she wanted to do some singing, anyway she was well behaved during the baptism with water, the annointing with oil, the lighting of the candle and the parental/friends responses. Michael looked very smart and didn't appear to object to having water poured on his head. At the moment Elspeth likes to wash her hair on Thursdays only, so I suppose Thursday would be a good day for a baptism...
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