September 25, 2023

Our Venerable Mother Euphrosyne.
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).


Bible References

Luke 3:19-22