“You were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. " (1st Cor. 6:11)

“You were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. " (1st Cor. 6:11)

At the end of the baptismal service, as the Holy Chrism is washed from the Newly illumined, these words from today’s epistle lesson are chanted by the priest. Yet, another reminder that our services are not only based upon scripture but quoted from directly as well.

Fr. John