Following the Sacrament of Chrismation, the Priest then invests the newly Baptized child in a new robe or garment, saying,

Clothed is the servant of God (name) with the garment of righteousness, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

The new clothes signify the entirely new life that we receive after we are "buried with Jesus in His death" (Romans 6:4). Traditionally, the new white garment expresses the purity of the soul that has been washed from sin. It recalls also the shining robe in which Christ appeared at the Transfiguration. There is now a likeness between the one baptized and the transfigured Lord. St. Paul calls it a putting on of Christ,

"For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ" (Galatians 3:26-27). "Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a newcreation; the old has passed away, behold the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17).