Grandma’s been secretly proselytizing with DC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s not just reading, it’s making DC resist prayers over and over. I know my mother. This is not a nice open ended discussion about Jesus. This id fir her own satisfaction. She’s gotten sneaky in her old age.

I believe you OP. My own mother did not do this, but I can't tell you the number of times I had to hear about my brother not baptizing his kids, to include her joking that she was going to get some holy water and baptize them when they were alone. She didn't do that, but I get it.

This is a huge breach of trust and crashing through boundaries. I think for me it would be a sit down with my mom, possibly with my husband there as well, and telling her that she doesn't have to like what I've chosen as an adult, but she has to accept it.

If she wanted to take your son to church, in the open, I'd probably argue that you should let her. But this sneaking around and asking him to keep the Bible reading secret is a no go.

No, a random person can’t just baptize someone.

Troll.

Np here. My inlaws planned on doing the exact same thing and brought "holy" water to my home the minute my kids were out of the nicu. Even if it isnt an official baptism, there is so much ignorance by people about their own religions that this type of crap comes up. My ils are horrible people and barely go to church yet their religion became a hill to die on. They threw a fit at my marriage because we were not going to have a full mass at the wedding. They ruined our relationship but they live for drama so it wasn't really surprising.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s not just reading, it’s making DC resist prayers over and over. I know my mother. This is not a nice open ended discussion about Jesus. This id fir her own satisfaction. She’s gotten sneaky in her old age.

I believe you OP. My own mother did not do this, but I can't tell you the number of times I had to hear about my brother not baptizing his kids, to include her joking that she was going to get some holy water and baptize them when they were alone. She didn't do that, but I get it.

This is a huge breach of trust and crashing through boundaries. I think for me it would be a sit down with my mom, possibly with my husband there as well, and telling her that she doesn't have to like what I've chosen as an adult, but she has to accept it.

If she wanted to take your son to church, in the open, I'd probably argue that you should let her. But this sneaking around and asking him to keep the Bible reading secret is a no go.

No, a random person can’t just baptize someone.

Troll.

Actually, a random person can baptize someone. They don't even have to be Christian, only intend to "do what the Church does." Not that they should, of course.

This is complete bs. Can’t you even troll competently?

Wow - some of you are really ignorant. Yes, a random person can absolutely baptize someone, at least in the Catholic Church.
"There are extreme cases, however, when even an unbaptized person can baptize someone. All that is required is the will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian Baptismal formula."
https://www.aboutcatholics.com/beliefs/a-guide-to-catholic-baptism/

(My grandmother baptized me in the hospital when I was born with some serious medical issues)

The difference here is this is not an extreme or emergency situation which is requirement for a valid baptism by a lay person. “Just because she wants to” is not appropriate nor valid.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It’s not just reading, it’s making DC resist prayers over and over. I know my mother. This is not a nice open ended discussion about Jesus. This id fir her own satisfaction. She’s gotten sneaky in her old age.

I believe you OP. My own mother did not do this, but I can't tell you the number of times I had to hear about my brother not baptizing his kids, to include her joking that she was going to get some holy water and baptize them when they were alone. She didn't do that, but I get it.

This is a huge breach of trust and crashing through boundaries. I think for me it would be a sit down with my mom, possibly with my husband there as well, and telling her that she doesn't have to like what I've chosen as an adult, but she has to accept it.

If she wanted to take your son to church, in the open, I'd probably argue that you should let her. But this sneaking around and asking him to keep the Bible reading secret is a no go.

No, a random person can’t just baptize someone.

Troll.

Actually, a random person can baptize someone. They don't even have to be Christian, only intend to "do what the Church does." Not that they should, of course.

This is complete bs. Can’t you even troll competently?

Wow - some of you are really ignorant. Yes, a random person can absolutely baptize someone, at least in the Catholic Church.
"There are extreme cases, however, when even an unbaptized person can baptize someone. All that is required is the will to do what the Church does when she baptizes, and to apply the Trinitarian Baptismal formula."
https://www.aboutcatholics.com/beliefs/a-guide-to-catholic-baptism/

(My grandmother baptized me in the hospital when I was born with some serious medical issues)

The difference here is this is not an extreme or emergency situation which is requirement for a valid baptism by a lay person. “Just because she wants to” is not appropriate nor valid.

It is valid but canonically irregular (illicit).

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It is here boy wrong to force a 5th grader to recite religious passages out loud for a religion they don’t practice. This is horrible. It’s not granny sharing her religious beliefs it’s forcing them.The child has a right to say no.

I would tell your mother that this is never acceptable and that there will be no more unsupervised visits. She can connect with her grand child during group events but she doesn’t get to be alone with them or any other children you may have. I would also warn any other siblings or cousins f she has access to their kids and have decided not to be practicing Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Is it possible for her to obtain a secret baptism? If so, how would you feel and react, OP?

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Anonymous wrote:Chill out OP.

Grandma found the thread -- all hail Satan!

I think OP made the mistake of saying mom instead of MIL. Posters would be throwing flames at grandma Satan already
Cut out grandma visits this is serious stuff if you have not figured it out already OP.