The Feast of the Holy Trinity

Jesus’ instruction that the disciples go out to all the nations and baptise them ‘in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ is an instruction that is still being carried on today.

Those precise words are used by the priest at every baptism.

They are also the words used in the sign of the cross – whether that is a personal, private blessing of oneself or a blessing of a group as in the introductory and dismissal rites as part of a Eucharistic celebration.

When we make the sign of the cross we use the words of Jesus.