Then the Priest makes, together with the Godparent and the child, a circumambulation around the Font, three times; and for each of the three rounds the chanters sing,

As many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Alleluia (Galatians 3:27).

This reflects the belief that at this moment, the angels in heaven are expressing their joy that a new soul is registered in the Book of Life. Tradition states that at this moment God assigns a guardian angel to stay with the newly-baptized person until the end of their earthly life. Following the reading from St Pauls Epistle to the Romans (6:3-11) and the Reading from the Holy Gospel (Matt. 28:16-20), the Priest says to the child, You are baptized; you are illuminated; you are anointed with the Holy Myrrh; you are hallowed; you are washed clean, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.