AT THE CHURCH DOOR
Asking for Faith
The godparents answer in the child’s name.
Listen for the priest’s questions. The bold response lines are the godparents’ answers.
At the entrance of the church, the priest questions the child. The godparents answer in the child’s name.
PRIEST
N., what dost thou ask of the Church of God?
GODPARENTS
Faith.
PRIEST
What doth faith bring thee to?
GODPARENTS
Life everlasting.
PRIEST
If, therefore, thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.