Blessed with honey rather than baptised

by Ed Thornton

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 @ 09:07

A PRIEST in Wales has devised a novel service of thanksgiving and blessing for the children of those who decide not to have their child baptised.

The Revd Aidan Coleman, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Greenfield, puts some mild honey in or under the child's lip, and says a Celtic prayer: "We pray that your life may never be sour. May your life bring sweetness to the world, redressing its sourness and bitterness. Dear God, keep joy within, keep bitterness without."

Mr Coleman said ...

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