Baptism - the true light that enlightens every man

Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent gift. . . .We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to the guilty; Baptism because sin is buried in the water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed; enlightenment because it radiates light; clothing since it veils our shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God's Lordship.

St. Gregory Of Nazianzus

quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1243

This made me think of a baptism I attended a couple of weeks ago. The mother said afterwards that now she could relax because her child was safe. I didn't know people still thought that way and being raised a heathen, myself, my children were baptized well after infancy. I'm a godmother as well as a mother — I know how important baptism is but the quote above made me really feel it. It sank into me somehow.