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The Resurgence Greek Project (Re: Greek)

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On a Pentecost Chrismation

In the face of two distinct risks, I begin this post by saying: I’m quite happy with the fact that God ordained we would come into the Church on Pentecost.  First of all, it’s simply stating a rather obvious, if not always accomplished, imperative: Anything God ordains should make me happy.  But secondly, the statement, and the subsequent reflection below, assumes I have the wisdom of maturity and hindsight to actually make such a cogent claim.

But since my folly is already manifest, I might as well go ahead and confirm it.  Here’s why being chrismated on Pentecost has been so appealing to me.

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