What do you do in a Baptism ceremony?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThat depends on who "you" are. The person being baptized, if a baby, doesn't have to do much of anything. If they are an adult, they have to make their own answers and commit themselves to leading a Christian life. If you are the priest, you have to anoint the person several times, and pour water over their head while praying the words of the baptism. If you are a sponsor, or a parent, you have to be there to make the appropriate responses. If you are God, then you have to remove all the sin, and the stain from sin from the individual receiving Baptism; if you are God, the Holy Spirit, you have to come dwell in that individual and guide them for their rest of their lives because now they are your child.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

The Sacrament in which, by water and the word of God, a person is cleansed of all sin and reborn and sanctified in Christ to everlasting life. (Etym. Latin ba;tisma; from Greek baptisma, a dipping.