Monday, July 15, 2002
Monday, July 15, 2002
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
(Matthew 28.19
NRSV)
Very early in the life of the Christian Church it was found necessary to speak of God in these
three ways: as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Around the year 55 A.D., St. Paul wrote two letters
to the church at Corinth. In the second letter Paul wrote: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all!" (II Cor. 13:14) I
imagine that Paul would have been surprised if someone had told him that those words would
become an official blessing or benediction used universally by the Christian Church for the
next two thousand years! But those words sum up the essence of the Christian Faith. We
believe that because of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we have come to know the love of
God, in and through the fellowship (the community) of the Holy spirit, which is the Church. And
so we sing: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!"
Dear Jesus, thank you for helping us to better understand God's nature and God's great love
for us. Amen.
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