Exerpt: Tomorrow however I would like to broach a topic regarding our own baptismal rites and whether it is not perhaps time for us, as a Church, to reconsider having omitted the exorcisms that were once integral to that rite, even in the baptism of infants.
There is a good article on this matter I want to share with you by Ralph Martin who quotes extensively from St. Thomas on the importance of the exorcisms. I do “Old Rite” baptisms a few times a year and
I can tell you the exorcisms are powerful and they really give the Devil his walking papers. But more on this tomorrow!
I had mentioned in a thread last week that baptism is a form of exorcism. I also await Msgr. Pope’s column tomorrow.
**own Baptismal rites**
Good, I was about to post them.
Thanks for the ping. The words of the ritual don’t matter all that much; it is the intent that counts, and especially the intent of the officiating priest or minister. Sadly, I think that very few priests or ministers intend a baptism to be an exorcism, but I know one (now retired) minister who did, and one (adult) recipient who reported it was a life-changing event.