St. Luke UGCC extends our congratulations to Cyrus Charbel Walker and Basil Peter Nylander, who both received the Holy Mysteries of Initiation (Baptism, Chrismation & First Eucharist) on Sunday, April 28, 2024. May God grant to the newly baptized and their families and godparents, peace, health, and happiness for many years, na mnohaja i blahaja l’ita!
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Holy Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation, and Eucharist are The Holy Mysteries of Christian Initiation
Participation in the life of the Most Holy Trinity becomes a reality for us through the Holy Mysteries of Baptism, Chrismation, and Eucharist. In other words, we partake of God’s life by being united to Christ, receiving the seal of the Holy Spirit, and sharing the Body and Blood of Christ in the community called Church. As a person after birth begins to breathe and then receives nourishment in order to live, so the newly baptized, born to new life in the baptismal font, begins to breathe by the Holy Spirit and receives the nourishment of Holy Communion in order to grow in Christ. Through the prayers and sacred actions of the liturgical rite of each of these Mysteries, the Church leads the faithful (the Greek Fathers speak of mystagogy—leading into the mystery) into an understanding of the Mystery and perceiving it as a single, unified action of God’s grace. This is why in the tradition of the Eastern Church, these three Holy Mysteries are celebrated together.
