Holy Great-Martyr Eustathius and those with him (276-82); Holy Martyrs and Confessors for the Faith, the Grand Prince Michael, and His Nobleman Theodore, Wonderworkers of Chernihiv (1245); Post-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
Ephesians 4:25-32; Luke 3:19-22
Read Luke 3:19-22
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!
The baptism of Jesus Christ in the river Jordan is culminated by the rare manifestation of the mysterious Holy Trinity – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit – one God in three divine persons, that is, the Triune God.
The Holy Trinity is, in fact, a mystery, which is why it is difficult for us to describe.
Being one of the mysteries of God that we accept by faith, a mystery beyond our comprehension and imagination, the Trinity is an eternal relationship of love.
The Father is pleased with the Son (Lk 3:22) and loves the Son (Jn 3:35); the Son keeps the Father’s commandments and abides in the Father’s love (Jn 15:10); the Holy Spirit, sent from the Father, testifies of Son (Jn 15:26) and guides into all truth (Jn 16:13), that is, Jesus Christ Himself.
This love is also expressed in the person of Jesus Christ Himself: from His teachings about love, from His actions of love, and from His self-sacrifice on the Cross out of love.
In Christ, writes St. Paul, “in bodily form, lives divinity in all its fullness (Col. 2:9, NJB)”.
Therefore, “Christ is, in a complete and personal manner, the revelation in fullness of the mystery of God, of the life, the love, of the holiness of God, and of His ‘tri-unity’” (Bobrinskoy, B. The Mystery of the Trinity, 64).