{"id":224195,"date":"2019-01-10T14:01:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=224195"},"modified":"2019-01-10T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:01:37","slug":"baptism-is-an-immersion-in-the-grace-and-love-of-the-holy-trinity-patriarch-daniel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/baptism-is-an-immersion-in-the-grace-and-love-of-the-holy-trinity-patriarch-daniel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism is an immersion in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity, Patriarch Daniel says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Offering his reflections on the Theophany of the Lord, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that through the words, \u2018This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased\u2019, the Heavenly Father also referred to the entire humankind which through Baptism was immersed in the grace and love of the Holy Trinity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the patriarch said, \u2018the eternal love of God the Father for His Son now includes His love for the humanity that Jesus assumed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the waters of Jordan River, our Saviour Jesus Christ encompassed us in the eternal love of the Most Holy Trinity,\u2019 the Patriarch added.<\/p>\n<p>That is why, Baptism is not a sprinkling with water, but an immersion in the water full of Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel presided over the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great at the Sts Constantine and Helen Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on Sunday, January 6, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included His Beatitude\u2019s auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia.<\/p>\n<h4>Eternal relationship with God<\/h4>\n<p>Patriarch Daniel said that \u2018when we are baptised, we start a new relationship with God, namely an eternal relationship,\u2019 adding that \u2018eternal life is not the afterlife, but the life lived in a communion of love with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Patriarch cited St John Chrysostom\u2019s reflections on the Theophany of the Lord saying that \u2018the heavens were opened to show that the heavens were opened at your own baptism and that you were mystically confessed by the Father as His beloved son or daughter.\u2019<\/p>\n<h4>Confession rhythms church life<\/h4>\n<p>His Beatitude said that \u2018the entire life of the Church is rhythmed by these words: Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, both now and ever and unto the ages of ages.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Every blessing work of the Church is performed in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, meaning in the love, the grace, and the presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" 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