Holy Trinity

Nicene Creed pt 6

I believe in One Baptism

Most people do not think about Baptism,

Until a baby is born,

And the whole family has a get together.

Baptism however is more than a ritual where some water is poured and some prayers are said, and then everyone has lunch.

Baptism changes EVERYTHING!

At Baptism ,

The Divine Life of God is poured into us.

We become Children of God

Who can now call God, Father.

When we are baptized we go down into the water and we die with Christ,

And when we come out of the water we live a new life with Christ.

Baptism therefore is a dying and a rising.

A dying to oneself and a living for Another.

A dying to sin and living a life of grace.

But Jesus was already Holy,

So Why did He have to be baptized?

Christ was baptized into us

so that we might be baptized into Him!

When Jesus was baptized,

He became immersed into our sins, our sufferings, and our pain.

He immersed Himself into our life

so that through Baptism

we might be immersed into His Life.

At Baptism,

It is no longer just I who live,

But now Christ Who lives in me.

That is why we believe in only One Baptism,

Because once you are Baptized there is no going back.

We belong to Christ forever.

We believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

that we receive through Baptism and Confession and Communion.

Live long enough and you have made some mistakes,

Hurt some people and have some regrets.

But with Christ,

This can all be forgiven and wiped away.

We are not trapped by the past.

For Christ can right all our wrongs,

Heal all our hurts

And forgive all our sins,

So that we can begin again.

And we look forward to the Resurrection of the Dead

When our bodies will rise from their graves,

And be reunited to our souls,

Just as the Body of Jesus was reunited with His soul

And rose from the grave on Easter.

And we look forward to the life of the world to come.

A world where there will be

no more war or hatred or division.

Or greed, or jealousy or pride.

Because there is no room for those things in Heaven.

The Gates of Paradise are too narrow for those things to enter.

There is only enough room for Love.

Everything else will have to be left behind.

And what a wonderful world it will be.

God bless

Fr. Patrick