Chapter 34-Baptism
By: MysticFantasy
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request by CapsGirl.
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A/N: I am Catholic but it's been years since I have been to a baptism. So any mistakes, I apologize for.
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The group walked into the church and felt the peaceful atmosphere.
With James lightly gurgling, Steve and Natasha lead the group to the front where the priest was waiting.
"Good morning everyone." the priest greeted with a cheerful smile.
"Good morning father." Steve greeted in return.
"Is everyone ready for the ceremony?" Father Moore asked.
"Ready." Pepper answered eagerly.
"Let us gather around the font and begin."
The six Avengers,Pepper, Agent Coulson, Director Fury and Maria Hill gathered around the font that was half filled with water.
Natasha looked down at her son who wore a white christening suit. His fine red hair was sticking out from under the white cap and his eyes were darting everywhere. Taking in everything in the church.
"Today we celebrate the christening of James Rogers. A pure and innocent child born to two wonderful people and to a wonderful family that shower him with unlimited love. Today we shall remember that in this process of cleansing how important water is in our daily lives. For cleansing and hydration, water is a very important need our holy water shall bless this child with the grace of the holy ghost who will watch over him as he grows and help him to stay on the guided path. May the parent's and godparent's please step forward with the child?"
Everyone heard a loud 'oof' from Tony when Pepper jabbed a camera into his chest.
"Everyone in the frame and not a second missed." she declared.
"Can she talk like that in here?" the inventor asked and everyone chuckled.
Pepper and Clint walked over and placed their hands on James as he was held by his parents at the font. Together, the two parents carefully held their son over the water while Tony made sure to stand back enough to have everyone in the frame and was catching every moment that was going on.
Father Moore dipped his hand into the water and sprinkled it onto the infants forehead three times.
"I baptise you in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit."
James lightly squirmed at the sudden cold water on his forehead but quickly calmed when it stopped.
"The ceremony is complete and now he is protected by the mighty Lord. May his parent's and godparent's show him the guided path as he grows into a promising young man."
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"Now that's it's offical, I'm going to take you out on a shopping spree tomorrow." Pepper said with a large smile as she held James who still wore his suit.
"Not without me." Clint declared. "I get to spoil him even more now too."
"You mean, now that you're official godparent's you're going to spoil him twice as much?" Tony asked.
"Yes." the two answered.
"Ok. Fine with me."
"Just get it out of your systems before he gets old enough to know he's being spoiled." Natasha said.
"Never!" Clint declared playfully.
"Same here." Pepper added with a smile.