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The Lord's Prayer is then said.* 

*Other prayers, such as the following, may be added 

Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy 
Spirit you have bestowed on upon this your servant the 
forgiveness of sin and have raised him to the new life of 
grace.  Strengthen him, O Lord, with your presence, enfold 
him in the arms of your mercy, and keep him safe forever. 

*The person who administers emergency Baptism should inform the priest 
of the appropriate parish, so that the fact can be properly recorded.* 

*If the baptized person recovers, the Baptism should be recognized 
at a public celebration of the Sacrament with a bishop or priest 
presiding, and the person baptized under emergency conditions, 
together with the sponsors or godparents, taking part in everything 
except the administration of the water.* 



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