Just how important is precision in the celebration of the sacraments.

Father Hugh Barber is next on Focus. Hello and welcome to Focus the Catholic answered podcast for living understanding and defending your

Catholic faith. I'm Cy Kelle at your host and you probably heard about that

priest in Michigan at least he thought he was a priest but it turned out

when he watched a video of his own baptism,

that the wrong formula had been used and his baptism was invalid.

This meant that he had to receive all of his sacraments, including being ordained a deacon and then ordained a priest and

then it also called into question and created difficulties around all or most of the sacraments

that he had celebrated as a priest and all that had to be straightened out and it took some work and you might be asking yourself why?

Why did the church go to all this trouble? I mean really there was only one word that was wrong at his baptism. Can't we just say, well, God knew what

was intended and handled it and move on without making such a big deal out of it?

Actually, there is a reason to make such a big deal out of it and that's what Father Hugh Barbara is here to help us understand this week.

We'll get to Father Hugh, but I want to remind you,

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five star rating that really helps. Here's Father Hugh on why you

actually do have to be kind of careful when celebrating sacraments. Father, a friend of mine writes in, my friend Dennis, who puts of the diocese of San Diego.

Very concerned and he wanted me to ask you some questions.

Sure.

It has to do with this priest in Detroit who was baptized, but not actually baptized.

There was an error of form, I guess,

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