I am american, and am bilingual English/Spanish. My family doesn't speak Spanish. The father is Mexican and him and his family do not speak English. So I am unsure about how to go about the baptism. We want both of our families to be apart, but not sure how to do this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
2006-08-14 10:20:24 · 19 answers · asked by preciosa 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Get a translator or a bilingual religious leader, and do the service in both English and Spanish. If anything, have the minister say something, and you could translate what is occurring after each sentence spoken. If you have programs, have them in both languages as well!
2006-08-14 10:24:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If this is a Catholic baptism, I'm sure there are bilingual priests in your area who can administer the sacrament in both English and Spanish.
I'm getting married in November, and our wedding Mass will be celebrated in both languages, because some of my relatives don't speak English all that well. None of my fiancee's family, as far as I know, speak Spanish.
2006-08-14 10:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Preciousa,
First, Baptism has no spiritual value whatsoever! It is a sign that suggests just as water washes away the filth of the flesh, so it is hoped that Christ will wash away the sins of the person. The water pictures the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A person hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, if God intends to save that individual, will open his/her spiritual ears and give them eternal life. That is when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within the individual and gives them a "new resurrected soul". This miracle results in a tremendous hunger for the word of God (Psalms 119), and an earnest desire to be obedient to the Lord (1 John 2:3, 4). If you really care about your daughter, read to her from the Bible day by day. Remeber--"So then, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God." A person does not become saved or a child of God because of baptism or any ceremonial law they attempt to keep. I am sure you have Ephesian 2:8, 9 or Titus 3:5. An individual is saved by the grace of God alone!
If you really love your daughter and I believe you do, you would leave the church altogether. You see, we are at the end of the church age. Please read Revalation 18:4 and Matthew 24:15, 16. God is no longer using the local churches to bring forth the gospel...The Holy Spirit is no longer in any local congregation and therefore absolutely NO ONE can be saved there. I do not have the space to explain this to you but let me recommend looking at www.familyradio.com.
2006-08-14 11:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Translate for the Spanish speaking side of the family.
2006-08-14 10:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by tcindie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have a bilingual service, of course!
See if you can find a priest or minister who speaks both languages. Or, you can have one English-speaker and one Spanish-speaker preside over the ceremony. At the subsequent party, honor both traditions.
2006-08-14 10:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whats the problem? So what if your family doesn't speak Spanish?
2006-08-14 10:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by Samuel J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why baptize a baby.It is unbiblical.I assume you are Catholic as most Spanish/Mexican people are.Ask the priest to do the unbiblical deed in Latin .That way no one will understand and everyone will be on equal footing.
2006-08-14 10:28:59 · answer #7 · answered by Snowey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the priest/pastor say the baptismal is both english & spanish... problem solved. =)
2006-08-14 10:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by kg1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Why are you baptizing your baby? Are you afraid she has sinned and will go to hell if she dies? Doesn't a person have to repent and have faith before being baptized? Isn't that why we don't just go out to the pool and start forcefully baptizing people?
2006-08-14 10:27:41 · answer #9 · answered by brodie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is being Roman Catholic that significant to you? Is it YOUR faith, and do you have confidence it relatively is going to likely be the religion of your infants? if so, then you rather would desire to do what the Church says to get squared away with them. that must be the strategies-set of an annulment... that would mean you and your boyfriend residing aside. If what you're maximum in touch approximately is making specific your infants have confidence, and that they have a similar faith, and that faith be (extra or much less) Christian, then have you ever seen different church homes? as an occasion, the Episcopal (Anglican) church has a lot of a similar custom and ideology as a results of fact the Roman Catholic church, yet is many times seen as a much extra "liberal" and accepting company. specific branches of Lutheranism are additionally extra accepting, yet have classic liturgical centers that could in all probability be time-honored to a Catholic. maximum Lutherans (a minimum of "ECLA Lutherans") would be prepared to baptize your daughter when you consider which you like her to be in a communion with God. it is stable adequate. There are additionally lots of different denominations that could settle for you. some do baptize little ones -- like Methodists, yet many baptize later in life -- like the United Church of Christ or the Deciples of Christ. And there are a lot of "self sufficient" or "unfastened" or "nondenominational" church homes that run the gamete of liberal to conservative, prevalent to unfastened, with each and every sort of ideals, you ought to discover. stable luck, and enable your faith be your instruction manual.
2016-10-02 02:08:50 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋