So I have been a procrastinator in this area a little bit, but I figure as long as I get it done before my kid turns four then I still have one up on my brother, sorry Jeff.
I am talking about getting Katelynn baptized. As most know in the Catholic church you have to attend classes before the church will let you baptize your little babe, so a year after she is born and a little prodding from family members, here we are going to our second and final class tomorrow night. Last week was interesting enough, only about half of the couple that signed up for the class actually showed and there seemed to be 2 couples that were woman couples , so after seeing this Dan and I thought we were doing pretty darn good
* Married (man and woman)
*Child after marriage
*Showed up for the class -
Later we thought not so much - we looked at our sheet to be sure everything was correct and the first line -
*Member of the parish - No.
*Parents Catholic - one yes, one No.
*Married in the Catholic church - No
(and then in scribble, needed annullment next to Dan's name) - man - 3 strikes your out, I'm shocked they let us in, but we have a trump card we threw in - Paula and Joe are going to be her godparents and they do go to the church and everyone at the church knows them- we're in. So the husband and wife teaching the class procede and start asking questions and telling us about baptism and what it means - this and that (and we later discover - you have to take these classes again - for each kid - jeez)
First question - we are talking about born again Christians and if someone knocked on your door and asked us if we were a born-again Christian what we the answer be? Me - I have no idea. Dan starts thinking and reasoning and brings up the New Testament and Joviah's witness and decides the answer is 'Yes' and our table goes with him - he is correct. Blow me out of the water my husband knew the answer and of course goes on and on about how he knew (the Lutheran) and I did not (the Catholic).
Second question - The Original Sin. Who ate the fruit first - was it Adam or was it Eve? The guy teaching the class stated that it was Adam, but Dan disagreed and the next night proceeded to call everyone and ask them - Joe (my uncle not his brother) called us back and said that it was in fact Eve that took the first bite of the forbidden fruit - the apple. Amazing - now of course the big thing in the house is Dan (the Lutheran) knows more than Taryn (the Catholic) and of course categorizes all of us Catholics together, sorry guys!
So tomorrow night should be intersting and I have not had a chance to study up on anything over the past week, but maybe it will be my night to shine.
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