​Baptism is a sacrament, that is, a sign through which God communicates with us and gives us his grace and life. Baptizing our children means opening the way to the relationship between them and the God who is the giver of life. Christian Baptism marks the children in the name of the God of life (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). It makes them children of God and strengthens them with the Spirit of the crucified and risen Lord so that, as members of the church, they can live in the world as God’s children.