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"I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” These are the words that thousands of catechumens around the world are preparing to hear on Easter night when they are baptized. Throughout Lent, Aleteia is sharing with you the stories of some of these men and women, who are happy to become children of God. Read all of the testimonies here.
When asked about her baptism that is due to take place during the Easter Vigil in Autun Cathedral (Saône-et-Loire), Marjorie, 28, smiles shyly at first, then more broadly. It's a smile that lights up her voice. And that is just the beginning.
As she explains to Aleteia:
“I'm going to Lourdes this summer as a volunteer hospice worker. There's both the spiritual side and the service to the sick. My companion has been a volunteer on several occasions and she told me about it. I got motivated: it could be really amazing!"
God came knocking gently on the door of her heart
From a religious but non-practicing family, Marjorie was not baptized as a baby because her parents were worried about her health problems. As the years went by, her parents took no particular steps, and neither did she.
However, several events were to prove decisive in her faith journey. “A friend was baptized as an adult during Covid. I didn't even know it was possible."
Working as an administrative and production assistant in a printing company, the young woman was then chosen by one of her cousins to be a godmother. “As I wasn't baptized, I only witnessed the christening,” she recalls. And then came the weddings of relatives, some of which she witnessed.
“When you're involved in a concrete way, through a specific role or a reading, you think more, and you experience Mass very differently."
One day, as if by natural intuition, she decided to take the plunge and start the baptism process. “It may seem like a long two years at first, but in the end it goes by very quickly,” continues Marjorie. And it wasn't long before she felt Christ's benevolent presence in her life.
The impact of God's love
“A few months after starting the program, I went through a very complicated relationship break-up,” she summarizes sadly.
“Having God in my life enabled me to understand that this love relationship was doing me more harm than good, and above all that God's love brought me so much more, and was so much better, than what I was experiencing in this relationship!"
With just a few days to go before her baptism, Marjorie is serene.
“What touches me deeply is the feeling that He's always there. I can talk to Him at any time, and I don't feel I'm disturbing Him. When I have a decision to make, I talk to Him. It's not necessarily big decisions, but I have this reflex to address a word to Him,” concluding:
“Having Christ in your life changes everything!"
