Plunged into the Trinity: Our Sacramental Becoming: Essays in Sacramental Ecclesiology

The sacraments make our plunge into communion with the Trinity visible and tangible. Baptism is literally a plunge but only the beginning of our organic incorporation through the Body of Christ as participants in the very life of God. The Eucharistic Body makes us into the Ecclesial Body of the Second Person of the Trinity. This communion is the fulfillment of the Great Commandment and each sacrament represents a particular application of this union. Finally the Church itself is the Great Sacrament of the worlds restoration in love to perfect communion with God. The ten reflections in this book attempt to deepen our appreciation for this Great Mystery. The book offers an amazing richness of knowledge as to how this Trinitarian mystery is alive and operative in the Church especially in the Sacraments. I am particularly grateful for the further confirmation the author presents of the truth of Maria Montessoris statement early in the twentieth century that the liturgy is the magnificent teaching tool of the Church along with Sofia Cavallettis and Gianna Gobbis rediscovery of the centrality of the Bible-Liturgy unity in our life of faith beginning with the youngest children and expanding throughout our life! --Rebekah Rojcewicz Executive Member of the International Council for the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Ernest Skublicss Plunged into the Trinity could be read by anyone interested in religious ritual. But it should also be read by everyone who participates in and thinks about Christian sacramental life. With ecumenical breadth and catholic depth this little book bears a scholars learning and a pastoral heart. Its chapters on the Eucharist are feasts worthy of repeated enjoyment. Eat drink and be filled! --Franklin Wilson retired pastor Ernest Skublicss book Plunged into the Trinity is an excellent resource for all involved in Christian religious education and not just for the catechists following the catechetical methods of the Good Shepherd with whom the chapters of this book originated as talks. Skublics is so well placed to provide such an outstanding instrument for catechesis. He has spent a lifetime studying and exploring liturgical and sacramental theology and more importantly actively participating in the liturgical assembly. --Owen F. Cummings Regents Professor of Theology Mount Angel Seminary Ernest Skublics held degrees in theology and liturgical studies from Rome Ottawa Trier and Nijmegen having earned his doctorate under the direction of Eward Schillebeeckx. He taught at the Universities of Ottawa Toronto Saskatoon Manitoba and Seattle as well as Mount Angel Seminary where he was Academic Dean. He was founding President of the Canadian Liturgical Society. He wrote on subjects in Liturgy Spirituality Ecclesiology and Theological Education in Canadian American Dutch German and British journals as well as authoring several books. He died in early 2019.