One of my older cousins requested to be baptized. His parents raised him outside of the Catholic faith. What's unique about the situation is that this cousin is autistic and took it upon himself to start walking to his local neighborhood church on Sundays for mass. He talked to one of our aunts and asked what it was he could do to "do what everyone else does". And so the process of phone calls began. I'm not sure why he decided to go or what he experiences when he's at mass. The priest in the church was happy to oblige. Until his mom called to ask if they would be open to baptizing him the priest only knew him as "the big guy who sits in the front row". He was beaming and grinning ear to ear on Sunday.
I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do believe in a God, and I think he presents himself to different people in different ways. My cousin seems to have experienced him (her?) in a way I have yet to encounter. Maybe one day. Maybe not. I'll know whenever that time comes. For now, I'm just proud of and happy for my cousin.
This is a picture of a piece of one of the stained glass windows in the church.
I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do believe in a God, and I think he presents himself to different people in different ways. My cousin seems to have experienced him (her?) in a way I have yet to encounter. Maybe one day. Maybe not. I'll know whenever that time comes. For now, I'm just proud of and happy for my cousin.
This is a picture of a piece of one of the stained glass windows in the church.
Gorgeous picture! I love the stained glass! :)
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