Combined Rites 431 Rite of Baptism 575. After the Profession of Faith, each elect is immediately baptized by immersion (option A) or by the pouring of water (option B). After each Baptism, a brief acclamation (cf. Appendix II, nos. 595-597) may be sung by the people. When there are a great number of the elect to be baptized, if there are several Priests or Deacons present, those to be baptized may be divided into groups among the individual ministers. In baptizing, either by immersion (option A) or by the pouring of water (option B) these ministers say the sacramental formula for each one. While the rite is taking place, singing by the people is desirable; it is also permitted to have readings or to observe sacred silence. If children are to be baptized, the celebrant asks the parents and godparents of each child: Is it your will, therefore, that N. should receive Baptism in the faith of the Church? Parents and godparents: It is. ● A ● If Baptism is by immersion of the whole body or of the head only, decency and decorum should be observed. For the Baptism of an adult, either or both godparents touch the one to be baptized. Touching the elect, the celebrant immerses him (her) or his (her) head three times, raising the elect out of the water each time and baptizing him (her) by calling upon the Most Holy Trinity only once: N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, He immerses the elect the first time. and of the Son, He immerses the elect the second time. and of the Holy Spirit. He immerses the elect the third time.
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