Being a godparent is a huge honour - it's basically being trusted with the most precious thing in your friends 'lives. ". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I'm curious about your naming a godparent to Lucy. From Wordnik.com. [the humphreys proxy] Reference
"Don't be a fuss-pot, dear godparent," she adjured him. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Reply Obj. 1: Where the danger is imminent, the godparent, as. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Latecoming as usual -- echoing my co-godparent Chip on both points. From Wordnik.com. [sugardaddo] Reference
There are no hard-and-fast rules governing the godparent relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Godparents in Mexico, what do you do?] Reference
“Pete and Ashlee know that and they think he would make a great godparent.”. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Wentz Ashlee Simpson Battle Over Baby Plans] Reference
So anyway, Michelle wants to ask her boss, the Lord, to be her baby's godparent. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 3: You Don't Know (Spotted) Dick] Reference
He was undoubtedly generous as a boss, colleague, son, father, husband and godparent. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Stager: I Want My Tim TV!] Reference
Once you choose a Catholic godparent, you can ask one of your friends to be the other. From Wordnik.com. [Beliefwatch: Thou Shalt ...] Reference
As for the godparent that will teach Lucy to surf, you've obviously never seen her surf. From Wordnik.com. [fairly goshparents] Reference
The truth is, Lucy is a big character and will probably make you her godparent eventually anyway. From Wordnik.com. [fairly goshparents] Reference
The relationship has been a sacred trust: a partner, godparent and taskmaster all wrapped into one. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Day Is A Fight'] Reference
GRACE: Dr. Perper, originally, the wife godparent told police the 2 - year-old fell down the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2008] Reference
Try to swallow your initial feelings of hurt and be the unofficial godparent you had always hoped to be. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt] Reference
Agafya Fedosyevna was not Ivan Nikiforovitch's relative, nor his sister-in-law, nor even his fellow-godparent. From Wordnik.com. [Taras Bulba and Other Tales] Reference
The sponsor or godparent was sometimes referred to as the offerens, "one who offers" (or represents) the child. From Wordnik.com. [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference
I truly hoped that I would be a godparent, that I would be family to her when both of us don't have anyone else. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt] Reference
In many cases, the role of a godparent is somewhat ambiguous and is subject to the people and personalities involved. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Irene S. Levine: Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt] Reference
The absent godfather or godmother is then said to be sponsor by proxy and becomes the real godparent of the one baptized. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4)] Reference
Orthodox writers responded to this, as they did to many other heretical arguments, by invoking the godparent as mediator. From Wordnik.com. [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference
But there have to be positions that would prevent you from giving those individuals the honor of being a godparent, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree] Reference
As a godparent of our dear friends 'son, I was honored to be chosen for the role, although the ceremonial stuff was a bit silly. From Wordnik.com. [fairly goshparents] Reference
Each of these friends was also a godparent; each had carefully considered the sort of arcane gift he or she would bestow on the tiny child. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Wighton is a godparent to Marijane and Louis Stong's son, Tyler. From Wordnik.com. [Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS] Reference
In some cases, the surrogate mother became a godparent to the baby. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
It makes no difference to me whether or not I am officially his godparent. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Lance, heated and indignant, frankly appealed to his godparent on this score. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages] Reference
Refer to the concept of the godparent. supporting a universal baby-naming ceremony. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Snaring the services of a prominent godparent may help one climb the social ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Canon Colin Scott-Dempster, a retired rural dean and active godparent from Pitlochry in. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Being a godparent is as much about commitment as religious belief, Ian Valentine discovers. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Martin Amis responds: A poor godparent, yes, but I did not 'fill in time' at friend's deathbed. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Australian Reef Threatened By Climate Change] Reference
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