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For many parents their baby’s baptism is the most important day in their lives. In the Catholic Church the baptism signifies the purification of the infant’s soul by removing both the guilt and punishment of Original sin. Catholic parents believe that delaying an infant’s baptism can put the child’s soul into jeopardy should he die unbaptized.

This is such a special day that most Catholic parents invite all their friends and family to the church to celebrate the event. Many people bring religious baptismal gifts to these occasions. One good gift idea is a baptism book. These books include prayers that a child can say at bedtime along with simply expressed statements of Catholic Christian belief that are young-children appropriate. These books are sentimental keepsakes that can help kids better understand the importance of their baptisms, since most were too young to remember the event.